Newark Basin volcanic sequence

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The Newark Basin volcanic sequence is a series of Late Triassic to Early Jurassic basaltic lava flows and related igneous rocks that underlie parts of the Newark Basin in eastern North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf igneous rock unit
volcanic sequence
associatedWith Central Atlantic Magmatic Province
contains columnar jointing
dikes
flow-top breccia
lava flows
sills
vesicular basalt
correlatesWith Hook Mountain Basalt
linked to: Watchung basalts

Orange Mountain Basalt
linked to: Watchung basalts

Preakness Basalt
linked to: Watchung basalts

Watchung Basalt
linked to: Watchung basalts
eruptionEnvironment subaerial
formedBy continental flood basalt volcanism
fissure eruptions
geologicAge Early Jurassic
Late Triassic
geologicPeriod Jurassic
Triassic
hasComposition mafic
hasMineral olivine
plagioclase
pyroxene
hasSignificance associated with opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean
records early Mesozoic magmatism in eastern North America
lithology basalt
basaltic lava flow
igneous rock
locatedIn eastern North America
overlies Newark Basin sedimentary rocks
partOf Mesozoic volcanic rocks of eastern North America
Newark Basin
relatedTo Newark Supergroup
continental rifting
rockType tholeiitic basalt
studiedIn igneous petrology
stratigraphy
tectonics
tectonicSetting rift basin
timeSpanEnd Early Jurassic
timeSpanStart Late Triassic
underlies younger Jurassic sedimentary rocks

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First Watchung Mountain partOf Newark Basin volcanic sequence
Preakness Mountain (Second Watchung) partOf Newark Basin volcanic province
linked to: Newark Basin volcanic sequence
Palisades (Hudson River) partOf Newark Basin igneous province
linked to: Newark Basin volcanic sequence