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GGeeoollooggyy ooff tthhee GGrreeaatteerr TTrreennttoonn aarreeaa aanndd iittss iimmppaacctt oonn tthhee CCaappiittaall CCiittyy Twenty Seventh Annual Meeting Geological Association of New Jersey October 8-9, 2010 Field Guide and Proceedings Edited by Pierre Lacombe U.S. Geological Survey New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J. Geological Association of New Jersey Executive Board President Pierre Lacombe, US Geological Survey Past President Deborah Freile, PhD. New Jersey City University President Elect Alan Uminski, Environmental Geologist Recording Secretary Stephen J. Urbanik, New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection Membership Secretary Suzanne Macaoay- Ferguson, Sadat Associates, Inc. Treasurer Emma C. Rainforth, PhD. Ramapo College of New Jersey Councilors at Large Alexander Gates, PhD. Rutgers University - Newark William Montgomery, PhD. New Jersey City University Alan Benimoff, PhD. The College of Staten Island/CUNY Publications Committee Gregory Herman, PhD. New Jersey Geological Survey Jane Alexander, PhD. The College of Staten Island/CUNY Matthew Gorring, PhD. Montclair State University Front Cover: Photograph of New Jersey State Capital and Falls of the Delaware at high tide. Photo taken from the flood levee in Morrisville, PA. Geology of the Greater Trenton Area and its Impact on the Capital City Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of New Jersey October 8-9 2010 Field Guide and Proceedings Compiled and Edited by Pierre Lacombe U.S. Geological Survey 810 Bear Tavern Road West Trenton, New Jersey New Jersey State Museum Trenton, New Jersey Thank you to our 2010 Geological Association of New Jersey Conference Sponsors Thank you to our 2010 Geological Association of New Jersey Conference Sponsors MATRIXNEW ORLD Enabling Progress Matrix New World Engineering, Inc. 120 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 207 East Hanover, NJ 07936 1-800-747-MATRIX (6287) www.matrixneworld.com Matrix New World Engineering, Inc. 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From planning, to design and through construction, Matrix provides the services listed below to complete successful projects: Environmental Engineering Surveying Geotechnical Engineering Permitting Civil/Site Engineering Wetland Mitigation Ecological Surveys and Studies Ecological Restoration Design Telecommunication Engineering Site Development Structural Engineering Landscape Architecture and Planning Thank you to our 2010 Geological Association of New Jersey Conference Sponsors U.S. Geological Survey, New Jersey Water Science Center nj.usgs.gov Geological Association of New Jersey, 2010 Thank you to our 2010 Geological Association of New Jersey Conference Sponsors Geology of Trenton and its Impact on the Capital City 7 Geological Association of New Jersey, 2010 The Geological Association of New Jersey is deeply appreciative of the following government agencies, and businesses for providing the time and energy of their expert staff to produce articles and develop fieldtrips for this proceeding. Pierre Lacombe, Zoltan Szabo, Julia Barringer Richard Volkert, Greg Herman, Peter Sugarman, Scott Stanford, Steve Spayd Karl Muessig Richard Hunter, Ian Burrow David Parris, Jay Schwartz JR Capasso J Mark Zedepski Geology of Trenton and its Impact on the Capital City 8 Geological Association of New Jersey, 2010 Past GANJ and proceedings First Annual Meeting - 1984 Puffer, John H., ed., 1984, Igneous Rocks of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting - 1996 Newark Basin: Petrology, Mineralogy, and Ore Dalton, Richard F., and Brown, James O., eds., Deposits, and Guide to Field Trip. 1996, Karst Geology of New Jersey and Vicinity. Second Annual Meeting - 1985* Fourteenth Annual Meeting - 1997 Talkington, Raymond W., and Epstein, Claude Benimoff, Alan I., and Puffer, John H., 1997, The M., eds., 1985, Geological Investigations of the Economic Geology of Northern New Jersey. Coastal Plain of Southern New Jersey: Part 1 - Fifteenth Annual Meeting – 1998 Field Guide; Part 2A - Hydrology and Coastal Puffer, John H., ed., 1998, The Economic Plain; Part 2B - Paleontologic Investigations Geology of Central New Jersey. (The set, Parts 1, 2A, 2B, priced as one volume). Sixteenth Annual Meeting – 1999 Third Annual Meeting - 1986 Puffer, John H., ed., 1999, New Jersey Beaches Husch, Jonathan, M., and Goldstein, Fredric R., and Coastal Processes from a Geologic and eds., 1986, Geology of the New Jersey Highlands Environmental Perspective. and Radon in New Jersey. Seventeenth Annual Meeting – 2000 Fourth Annual Meeting - 1987* Harper, David P. and, Goldstein, Fredric L., eds., Gallagher, William B., ed., 1987, Paleontology 2000, Glacial Geology of New Jersey. and Stratigraphy of the Lower Paleozoic Eighteenth Annual Meeting – 2001 Deposits of the Delaware Water Gap Area. Lacombe, Pierre, and Herman, Gregory, eds., Fifth Annual Meeting - 1988 2001, Geology in Service to Public Health. Husch, Jonathan, M., and Hozik, Michael J., eds., Nineteenth Annual Meeting – 2002 1988, Geology of the Central Newark Basin. D’Amato, Dana, ed., 2002, Geology of the Sixth Annual Meeting - 1989* Delaware Water Gap Area. Grossman, I. G., ed., 1989, Paleozoic Geology of Twentieth Annual Meeting – 2003 the Kittatinny Valley and Southwest Highlands Hozik, Michael J., and Mihalasky, Mark J., eds., N. J. 2003, Periglacial Features of Southern New Seventh Annual Meeting - 1990 Jersey. Brown, James O., and Kroll, Richard L., eds., Twenty-first Annual Meeting – 2004 1990, Aspects of Groundwater in New Jersey. Puffer, John H., and Volkert, Richard A, eds., Eighth Annual Meeting - 1991 2004, Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic Crawford, Maria L., and Crawford, William A., Intrusive Rocks of Northern New Jersey and eds., 1991, Evolution and Assembly of the Southeastern New York. Pennsylvania - Delaware Piedmont. Twenty-second Annual Meeting - 2005 Ninth Annual Meeting - 1992 Gates, Alexander E., ed., 2005, Geology of the Ashley, Gail M., and Halsey, Susan D., eds., Central Newark Basin - The View From the 21st 1992, Environmental Geology of the Raritan Century. River Basin. Twenty-third Annual Meeting - 2006 Tenth Annual Meeting - 1993 Macaoay, Suzanne, and Montgomery, William, Puffer, John H., ed., 1993, Geologic Traverse ed., Environmental Geology of the Highlands. Across the Precambrian Rocks of the New Jersey Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting - 2007 Highlands. Rainforth, Emma C., ed., 2007, Contributions to Eleventh Annual Meeting – 1994 the Paleontology of New Jersey (II). Benimoff, Alan I., ed., 1994, Geology of Staten Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting - 2008 Island, New York. Gorring, Matthew L., ed., 2008, Environmental Twelfth Annual Meeting – 1995 and Engineering Geology of Northeastern New Baker, John E. B., ed., 1995, Contributions of the Jersey. Paleontology of New Jersey. Geology of Trenton and its Impact on the Capital City 9 Geological Association of New Jersey, 2010 Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting – 2009 Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting – 2010 Freile, Deborah, ed., 2009, New Jersey Coastal Lacombe, Pierre, ed., 2010 Geology of the Plain Stratigraphy and Coastal Processes. greater Trenton Area and its Impact on the Capital City *out of print; available for download only Copies of all GANJ guidebooks may be purchased from Greg Herman New Jersey Geological Survey P.O. Box 427 Trenton, NJ 08625 Price: $20.00 each (including shipping and handling) Checks or money orders must be payable to GANJ PDF files of complete guidebooks are available for download. Go to www.ganj.org for more information on the availability of download documents. Price $20.00 The Geological Association of New Jersey Web page is www.ganj.org With links to many other geologically oriented web pages. Geology of Trenton and its Impact on the Capital City 10 Geological Association of New Jersey, 2010 Friday Activities Friday, October 8th – NJ State Museum Auditorium and Surroundings Morning Session 9:00-5:00 Registration 9:00-12:00 Self-guided tours of NJ State Museum exhibits, including: New HiDef Planetarium Fossil Mysteries; Auditorium Galleries Pretty Big Things: Story of New Jersey History Self Guided Tour of Old Trenton Barracks, including Exhibit on French and Indian War (fee required) Tour of NJ State Capital Building (Free, ID required) Self Guided tour of new World War II Memoral Plaza showing influnce of NJ industry and laborers in support of the War effort, (free) 10:00-11:00 Teacher Workshop – Jay Schwartz, Planetarium Director, Planetarium Presentation of Extreme Planets. With live talk on N.J.s October sky, and of the upcoming lunar eclipse for Dec. 21, 2010 from 1:32 AM to 5:02 AM. 11:00-12:00 Tours of the Inner Workings of NJ Museum, David Parris, State Museum Curator, Limited to 15 people per tour; 2 to 3 tours of about 20 minutes each, will bring you on a tour to see the New Jersey archives of natural history, including rock, mineral, fossil, and archeological collections. 12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own. There is the Café NJ in the nearby Capital building and many restaurants at the intersection of West State (the road the museum is on) and South Warren Streets (approximately 10 minute walk). Geology of Trenton and its Impact on the Capital City 11 Geological Association of New Jersey, 2010 Friday, October 8th – NJ State Museum Auditorium Afternoon session 1:00-1:20 Welcoming Remarks/Conference Overview – Pierre Lacombe, U.S. Geological Survey, GANJ President 1:20-1:40 Geologic overview of the Metamorphic rocks of the Trenton Prong, West