The Catskill Geologist

February, 2010 – The Wall of Manitou

Robert Titus — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:13:35 +0000

Earthquake at Port-Au-Prince, left – Earthquake faults of Caribbean, right

Robert Titus — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:49:07 +0000

Fossil” river channel along Rt. 145 in East Durham-Hudson Valley papers, Jan 14.

Robert Titus — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:46:49 +0000

“fossil” river channel as seen just on Rt. 145 just east of Hogans Motel in East Durham

Nanny Goat Hill in Saugerties Jan. 21 – The Hudson Catskill Newspapers.

Robert Titus — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:17:02 +0000

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

Numbers on the Side of the Road – Jan. 7 – Hudson Valley papers

Robert Titus — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:10:45 +0000

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

Lectures in 2010

Robert Titus — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:54:57 +0000

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

Kaaterskill Clove by air

Robert Titus — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:09:12 +0000

a giant alluvial fan spreads out at the bottom of Kaaterskill Clove

Coming soon in Kaatskill Life – 400 years or 400,000,000?

Robert Titus — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:54:33 +0000

A geological history of the Hudson Valley

400 or 400 million years of history?

Celebrate the end of the Quadricentennial.

Coming soon in the Woodstock Times – A new look at old Sloan.

Robert Titus — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:50:06 +0000

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

The Route 10 landslides – Columns of Dec 17 and 24

Robert Titus — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:46:25 +0000

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”)