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.
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
