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
Back at the end of the Ice Age there were great, torrential floods which occurred as the result of the breaking of glacial dams.
Read about this in the current (autumn)issue of Kaatskill Life.
See the photo that Kaatskill Life didn’t want you to see!!! The moment of discovery!!! Titus sees the evidence, right across the street!!!
The Vanderbilt Estate displays many of the features of an ice age delta. These are common throughout the Hudson Valley
Middle- Vanderbilt mansion sits atop the foreset delta slope.
Left - The foreset slope of the delta, north of the mansion.
Right- Vanderbilt mansion sitting upon the Hyde Park Delta topset.
This is an anthology of my 39 favorites magazine and newspaper articles.
Available from Purple Mountain Press.
A geological history of the Catskills, mostly covering the Devonian time period, written for the aveage reader. Available from Purple Mountain Press
A history of the Catskill Mountains during the Ice Age, written for the average reader.
