Named for Sandy Hook | Country United States | |
 | ||
Area 100 miles (160 km) then an additional 100 fathoms (180 m) into the Atlantic Ocean Primary Sand, quartz, massive, dark-gray, fossiliferous, feldspar, muscovite, chlorite, and biotite are minor sand constituents Region Atlantic coastal plain of the Coastal Province of North America Extent Monmouth County, New Jersey | ||
The Sandy Hook Formation is a geologic formation in New Jersey. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
References
Sandy Hook Formation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA