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New Red Sandstone

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
New Red Sandstone name for the thick red layer of the Triassic formation in Great Britain (see Triassic period ). It is many thousands of feet thick and is composed chiefly of red sandstones, clays, and conglomerate; the red color and the occurrence of workable quantities of salt and gypsum suggest markedly arid conditions at the time of deposition. Author not available, NEW RED SANDSTONE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Old Red Sandstone
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition series of red and brown sandstones, conglomerates ... time. The Old Red Sandstone, in contrast ... fishes. The Old Red Sandstone was correlated ... Sedgwick. The New Red Sandstone is a thick red sandstone of Permian and ... Read more
brownstone
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition red to brown variety of sandstone . Its unusual color is caused in some instances by the presence of red iron oxide which acts as a cement, binding ... Massachusetts and Connecticut and in central New Jersey during the latter part of the ... Similar, but more brightly colored, sandstones also were ... Read more

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