14 holes at 7 sites were drilled in Fall 2008 to investigate the nature of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in New Jersey. Drilling by the USGS drillers using a truck-mounted auger hybrid coring system (CME stablized continuous sample tube system, 4.25 inch diameter auger hole; Lexan core tube recovery with 3 inch core) resulted in 479.15 ft of core recovered from 516.4 ft drilled (91.3%). These cores will be available to the scientific community after the moratorium period. This research is supported by a grant from the NSF Sedimentary Geology Program.
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Cored (ft) |
Recovery (ft) |
Date drilled |
Location |
 |
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| Fort Monmouth 1 |
57
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56.5
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9/4/08-9/5/08
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40°18'35.09" N
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74°02'34.17" W
|
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| Fort Monmouth 2 |
10
|
5.5
|
8/4/09
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40°18'37.29' N
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74°02'46.37" W
|
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| Fort Monmouth 3 |
62
|
62
|
8/5/08
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40°18'37.18' N
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74°02'46.25" W
|
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| Fort Monmouth 4 |
45
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44.2
|
8/6/09
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40°18'45.36' N
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74°03'25.54" W
|
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| Tighe Park 1 |
17
|
13.7
|
9/6/08
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40°12'51.42" N
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74°17'17.79" W
|
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| Tighe Park 2 |
17.2
|
14.8
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9/6/08-9/7/08
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40°12'51.42" N
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74°17'17.79" W
|
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| Tighe Park 3 |
14.4
|
12.3
|
9/7/08
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40°12'44.03" N
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74°17'38.55" W
|
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| Tighe Park 4 |
14
|
12.35
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9/7/08
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40°12'44.03" N
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74°17'38.55" W
|
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| Buck Pit 1 |
25
|
24.7
|
9/8/08
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40°14'18.79" N
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74°24'45.85" W
|
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| Buck Pit 2 |
25
|
25
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9/8/08
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40°14'18.79" N
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74°24'45.85" W
|
|
| Low Meadow 1 |
50
|
47.3
|
9/10/08
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40°07'57.96" N
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74°28'36.78" W
|
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| Low Meadow 2 |
30
|
26.2
|
9/10/08
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40°07'57.96" N
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74°28'36.78" W
|
|
| Meirs Farm 1 |
73.8
|
68.8
|
9/11/08
|
40°06'15.48" N
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74°31'37.48" W
|
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| Meirs Farm 2 |
48
|
42.6
|
9/12/08
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40°06'15.48" N
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74°31'37.48" W
|
|
| Search Farm 1 |
50
|
46.6
|
9/12/08
|
40°05'29.20" N
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74°32'16.10" W
|
|
| Search Farm 2 |
35
|
30.2
|
9/12/08-9/13/08
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40°05'29.20" N
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74°32'16.10" W
|
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| Inversand |
60
|
58.1
|
9/14/08
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39°45'43.74" N
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75°07'27.17" W
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