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narrow belts on both sides of most of the valleys. Up Daven- 

 ports Branch, it is restricted chiefly to the left bank, and reaches 

 an altitude of more than 100 feet a mile or two southeast of 

 Whitings. It reaches an altitude of 70 or 80 feet at Lakeehurst, 

 on Union Branch, and above that point merges into the upper 

 marshes. It reaches an altitude of 70 at Ridgeway Station, 

 and the same elevation up Toms River 2 or 3 miles above White's 

 Bridge. Here, too, it passes into the swampy tracts up stream. 



From Toms River to Manasquan River. — Here the formation 

 is much more extensive along the coast than farther south, 

 covering a belt 5 or 6 miles wide west of Mantaloking and 

 Pleasantville. Landward, its margin rises somewhat higher ( 40 

 to 50 feet) than farther south. It reaches an altitude of 70 

 feet or so about Farmingdale on the Manasquan, and 100 feet 

 8 miles farther up. Along this stream it is developed chiefly on 

 the north side. 



Between Manasquan- River and Little Shrewsbury River. — 

 Xorth of Manasquan River the formation constitutes a belt a 

 mile or so wide, bordered next the sea by modern beach deposits. 

 Above Allenhurst, it covers much of the wide area below 40 to 

 45 feet. But here, as along Whale Pond Brook and the little 

 stream just south of Elberon, the streams have cut through the 

 young formation, exposing the Cretaceous beneath. In this 

 stretch, therefore, the lower parts of the valley slopes, and the 

 elevations which rise above 40' to 45 feet, as at Long! Branch 

 Village, are not covered by the formation. 



Along Rumsons Road, from Sea Bright to Little Silver, the 

 covering of recent deposits over Cretaceous is thin, especially at 

 levels above 40 feet. About Little Silver, the area which may 

 be mapped as having a cover of Cape May material is large, but 

 the amount of material is small. 



Along Parkers Creek, at the head of Little Shrewsbury River, 

 a thin covering of sand, gravel, and loam over the Cretaceous, 

 is to be correlated with the Cape May formation. It includes 

 some eolian sand, and is chiefly on the south side of Parkers 

 Creek and Wampum Brook. It extends up to Eatontown and be- 

 yond, and is mostly below the level of 40 feet; but some of the 



