Bed-Oriented Fracturing in the Lockatong Formation, Newark Basin
![Photograph of road cut showing fractured sedimentary rocks](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/pic138c.jpg?itok=yx0f1D_x)
Detailed Description
Road cut along Interstate-295 (formerly I-95) near West Trenton, NJ, showing the Lockatong Formation, Newark Basin. The larger fractures in this mudstone rock are generally oriented along the bedding of the low-permeability strata.
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Public Domain.