Middle Cambrian phyllite and siltstones and Cambro-Ordovician minette dikes. Includes Lion Head, Hull Cove, and Beavertail Point.
References
Skehan, J.W., and Rast, Nicholas, 1990, Pre-Mesozoic evolution of Avalon terranes of southern New England, IN Socci, A.D., Skehan, J.W., and Smith, G.W., eds., Geology of the composite Avalon terrane of southern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 245, p. 13-53.
Hermes, O.D., Gromet, L.P., Murray, D.P., Hamidzada, N.A., 1994, Geologic Map of Rhode Island.
Skehan, S.J., J.W., Webster, Michael J., and Rast, N., 1998, Avalonian and Alleghanian Deformation in Southern Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, in Murry, D.P., ed., Guidebook to Field Trips in Rhode Island and Adjacent Regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 90th Annual Meeting, Kingston, Rhode Island, p. B3-1-28.
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