“fossil” river channel as seen just on Rt. 145 just east of Hogans Motel in East Durham
Nanny Goat Hill in Saugerties may be blasted to Kingdom come in order to make space for a parking garage. Is the Hill worth saving? Is there a geological heritage here? Read about it on Jan. 21 in the Hudson Valley newspapers.
or find the article at http://theregisterstar.com
Along the side of Rt. 23, just west of the New York Thruway is a series of nunbers painted on the limestone outcrop.
Who is studying these rocks? What is there to be learned?
Read about it in the Catskill Daily Mail, the Hudson Register Star, Windham Journel or the Courier,’
Or find the article at http://theregisterstar.com
1) Feb. 27 2:00 PM – Geological History of the Catskills
at Thacher Park 518-872-0800
2) April 29 - A geological History of the Catskills – SUNY New Paltz – Coykendall Hall – 4:30 PM
3) July 15 – History of the Greenport Mastodon -
4) July 17 11:00 Am- Hudson Valley during the Ice Age Mountaintop Arboretum-call 518-589-3903
a giant alluvial fan spreads out at the bottom of Kaaterskill Clove
A geological history of the Hudson Valley
400 or 400 million years of history?
Celebrate the end of the Quadricentennial.
Was Sloan Gorge a pounding raging subglacial stream back at the end of the Ice Age?
We present a new view of Sloan Gorge.
By Robert and Johanna Titus
Far Left, fractures at top of hill. Left center – the landslide escarpment on Rt. 10
see slide escarpment in upper left. everything
else is sliding down and to the right to slowly
overwhelm the highway at bottom of hill Right Center – Bottom of the slide (the “toe”). This black earth consists of ice age lake deposits.
Right - Closeup of the fault
scarp at top of hill (the “head”)
Congratualations to all citizens of Woodstock. The Comeau is now official!
Let’s celebrate by taking a geology hike through your property.
A prayerful Titus, center, leads a hike at the Comeau
