5. Find Slide Mountain. In which direction is Slide Mountain relative to Elmira? 6. As an observer moves West of Albany, are the degrees increasing or decreasing? 7. As an observer moves South of Albany, are the degrees increasing or decreasing?

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Generalized Bedrock Geology of New York State
73
+45
modified from
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM
BURGH
1989
-LAKE ONTARIO
MAGARA FALLS
DROCHESTER
434
BUFFALO
elevation 175 m
LAKE
ERIE
LAKES
THACA
JAMESTOWN
ELMRA
BNGHAMTON
42
SUDE MT
78
77
KINGSTO
76
PENNSYLVANIA
GEOLOGIC PERIODS AND ERAS IN NEW YORK
CRETACEOUS and PLEISTOCENE (Epoch) weakly consolidated to unconsolideted gravels, sands and days
E8 LATE TRIASSIC and EARLY JURASSIC conglomerates, red sandstones, red shales, basalt, and dabese Palisades sill
NEW JERSEY
AND SOUND
PENNSYLVANIAN and MISSISSIPPIAN conglomerates sandstones, and shales
DEVONIAN
Dominantly
sedimentary
Imestones, shales, sandstones, and conglomerates
SILURIAN also contains salt gypsum, and hematite
SILURIAN
origin
NEW YORK
ORDOVICIAN
Imestones, shales, sandstones, and dolostones
LONG ISLAND
CAMBRIAN
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CAMBRIAN and EARLY ORDOVICIAN sandstones and dolostones
moderately lo intensely metamorphosed east of the Hudson Aiver
CAMBRIAN and ORDOVICIAN (unditerentiated) quartziles, dolostones, martles, and schists
+40°30
73
Dominantly
73 30
metamorphosed
intensely metamorphosedt includes portions of the Taconic Sequence and Corfand Complex
rocks
TACONIC SEQUENCE sandstones, shales, and slates
slightly to intensely metamorphosed rocks of CAMBRIAN through MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN ages
Miles
0 10 20 30 40 50
MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC gneisses, quartzites, and marbles
Lines are generalized structure trends
Intensely metamorphosed rocks
regional metamorphiam aboul 1,000 mya)
0 20 40 60 80
Kilometers
2U MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC anorthosilc rocks
5. Find Slide Mountain. In which direction is Slide Mountain relative to Elmira?
6. As an observer moves West of Albany, are the degrees increasing or decreasing?
7. As an observer moves South of Albany, are the degrees increasing or decreasing?
CONNECTICUT
VERMONT
Transcribed Image Text:Generalized Bedrock Geology of New York State 73 +45 modified from GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BURGH 1989 -LAKE ONTARIO MAGARA FALLS DROCHESTER 434 BUFFALO elevation 175 m LAKE ERIE LAKES THACA JAMESTOWN ELMRA BNGHAMTON 42 SUDE MT 78 77 KINGSTO 76 PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGIC PERIODS AND ERAS IN NEW YORK CRETACEOUS and PLEISTOCENE (Epoch) weakly consolidated to unconsolideted gravels, sands and days E8 LATE TRIASSIC and EARLY JURASSIC conglomerates, red sandstones, red shales, basalt, and dabese Palisades sill NEW JERSEY AND SOUND PENNSYLVANIAN and MISSISSIPPIAN conglomerates sandstones, and shales DEVONIAN Dominantly sedimentary Imestones, shales, sandstones, and conglomerates SILURIAN also contains salt gypsum, and hematite SILURIAN origin NEW YORK ORDOVICIAN Imestones, shales, sandstones, and dolostones LONG ISLAND CAMBRIAN ATLANTIC OCEAN CAMBRIAN and EARLY ORDOVICIAN sandstones and dolostones moderately lo intensely metamorphosed east of the Hudson Aiver CAMBRIAN and ORDOVICIAN (unditerentiated) quartziles, dolostones, martles, and schists +40°30 73 Dominantly 73 30 metamorphosed intensely metamorphosedt includes portions of the Taconic Sequence and Corfand Complex rocks TACONIC SEQUENCE sandstones, shales, and slates slightly to intensely metamorphosed rocks of CAMBRIAN through MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN ages Miles 0 10 20 30 40 50 MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC gneisses, quartzites, and marbles Lines are generalized structure trends Intensely metamorphosed rocks regional metamorphiam aboul 1,000 mya) 0 20 40 60 80 Kilometers 2U MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC anorthosilc rocks 5. Find Slide Mountain. In which direction is Slide Mountain relative to Elmira? 6. As an observer moves West of Albany, are the degrees increasing or decreasing? 7. As an observer moves South of Albany, are the degrees increasing or decreasing? CONNECTICUT VERMONT
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