“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
a giant alluvial fan spreads out at the bottom of Kaaterskill Clove
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”)
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 week’s column (Dec. 3rd) is about ripple marks.
There are two types – The first is the asymmetric current ripple, which is shown to the right. One side is shorter and steeper than the other.
Above, top, is a wave ripple which shows symmetrical ripples
