Gettysburg–Newark Lowland section

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The Gettysburg–Newark Lowland section is a geologic and topographic region characterized by broad lowlands underlain by Triassic and Jurassic sedimentary and igneous rocks within the Piedmont of the northeastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region
physiographic section
topographic region
characterizedBy broad lowlands
contains Culpeper Basin
Deerfield Basin
Gettysburg Basin
Hartford Basin
linked to: Newark Basin

Newark Basin
rift basin deposits
contrastsWith adjacent crystalline highlands
extendsInto Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
formedBy Mesozoic rifting along eastern North America
hasClimate humid temperate
hasEconomicResource building stone
crushed stone
hasGeologicAge Mesozoic
hasPhysiographicDivision Appalachian Highlands division
hasPhysiographicProvince Piedmont
hasRockType basalt
conglomerate
diabase
sandstone
shale
hasSoilDerivedFrom weathered basalt
weathered sedimentary rocks
hasTopography broad valleys
low relief
locatedIn northeastern United States
mappedBy United States Geological Survey
namedAfter Gettysburg
Newark
partOf Appalachian Highlands
Piedmont physiographic province
linked to: Piedmont region
supportsLandUse agriculture
urban development
underlainBy Jurassic igneous rocks
Jurassic sedimentary rocks
Triassic igneous rocks
Triassic sedimentary rocks

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Piedmont Province in Pennsylvania contains Gettysburg–Newark Lowland section