Trenton Prong
The Trenton Prong is a physiographic subprovince of the Piedmont Uplands section of the Piedmont province of the Appalachian Mountains. The prong consists of crystalline metamorphic rock.
Location[edit]
The Trenton Prong stretches from near Norristown, Pennsylvania, through northern Philadelphia and southern Bucks County, reaching its northern terminus in West Windsor Township, New Jersey.[1] The prong underlies much of the City of Trenton, and forms a series of rapids known as the Falls of the Delaware River.
Geology[edit]
The Trenton Prong is part of the Precambrian basement which is discontinuously exposed in the north-central Appalachians. The rocks that make up the prong are mostly Ediacaran and Cambrian aged rocks, that includes the Wissahickon Formation.[2] Other rocks present include metabasalt, gabbro, gneiss, migmatite and granofels. The prong is heavily eroded, presenting as low, gently rolling hills.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ The Geology of North America Vol. C-2: Precambrian: Conterminous U.S.; edited by John C. Reed, Jr., Marion E. Bickford, R.S. Houston, Paul Karl Link, D.W. Rankin, Paul K. Sims, W. Randall Van Schmus; The Geological Society of America, 1993; p 390
- ^ Orndorff, R.C., et al., (1998). Bedrock Geologic Map of Central and Southern New Jersey. United States Geological Survey, Scale 1:100,000
- ^ Regional and Economic Geography of Pennsylvania: Physiography, Part 1 Walter Sheldon Tower in The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Volume IV; 1906, p 19
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