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About: Roxbury Conglomerate

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The Roxbury Conglomerate, also informally known as Roxbury puddingstone, is a name for a rock formation that forms the bedrock underlying most of Roxbury, Massachusetts, now part of the city of Boston. The bedrock formation extends well beyond the limits of Roxbury, underlying part or all of Quincy, Canton, Milton, Dorchester, Dedham, Jamaica Plain, Brighton, Brookline, Newton, Needham, and Dover. It is named for exposures in Roxbury, Boston area.

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  • The Roxbury Conglomerate, also informally known as Roxbury puddingstone, is a name for a rock formation that forms the bedrock underlying most of Roxbury, Massachusetts, now part of the city of Boston. The bedrock formation extends well beyond the limits of Roxbury, underlying part or all of Quincy, Canton, Milton, Dorchester, Dedham, Jamaica Plain, Brighton, Brookline, Newton, Needham, and Dover. It is named for exposures in Roxbury, Boston area. (en)
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  • Ediacaran: 595–570 Ma (en)
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  • Roxbury Conglomerate in a monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield (en)
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  • Boston Basin, eastern Massachusetts (en)
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  • 300 (xsd:integer)
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  • Hitchcock and Shaler (en)
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  • Roxbury, Massachusetts (en)
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  • Mattapan Volcanic Complex and Middlesex Fells Volcanic Complex (en)
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  • Ediacaran (en)
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  • sandstone, conglomerate, and diamictite (en)
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  • Brookline Member, Dorchester Member, and Squantum Member (en)
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  • approximate maximum (en)
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  • Cambridge Argillite (en)
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  • Boston Bay Group (en)
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  • The Roxbury Conglomerate, also informally known as Roxbury puddingstone, is a name for a rock formation that forms the bedrock underlying most of Roxbury, Massachusetts, now part of the city of Boston. The bedrock formation extends well beyond the limits of Roxbury, underlying part or all of Quincy, Canton, Milton, Dorchester, Dedham, Jamaica Plain, Brighton, Brookline, Newton, Needham, and Dover. It is named for exposures in Roxbury, Boston area. (en)
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  • Roxbury Conglomerate (en)
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