Roadside Geology of New York
by Bradford B. Van Diver
Roadside Geology of New York
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| Before We Begin |
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| A Word About Rocks |
1
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| Looking at the Landscape |
6
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| I. Plate Tectonics |
15
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| New York and the Drifting Continents | |
| II. The Ice Age |
29
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| New York Glaciated | |
| III. The Niagara Frontier |
41
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| IV. The Lower Hudson and Long Island |
55
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| Palisades Interstate Parkway |
59
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| US 9W, NY 218: Sparkill Gap - West Point - Storm King Mountain |
64
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| NY 25A, NY 27, NY 25: Queens - Orient Point |
69
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| NY 27: Montauk Point - Queens |
73
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| Fire Island National Seashore |
76
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| V. The New England Front |
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| Taconic State Parkway: Kensico Dam - Interstate 90 |
83
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| Interstate 87: Tarrytown - Albany |
87
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| Interstate 87: Albany - Canada Border |
95
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| NY 22: White Plains - Berlin |
103
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| NY 22: Berlin - Comstock |
107
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| NY 22: Comstock - Keeseville |
111
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| VI. Southeastern New York, Shawangunks, Catskills |
117
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| Interstate 84: Connecticut State Line - Port Jervis |
121
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| US 209: Port Jervis - Kingston |
125
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| The Catskills |
130
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| NY 28: Kingston - Oneonta |
135
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| NY 28: Oneonta - Mohawk |
139
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| Interstate 88: Schenectady - Binghamton |
143
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| NY 12: Binghamton - Utica |
149
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| VII. The Southern Tier Expressway |
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| NY 17: Harriman - Binghamton |
159
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| Binghamton - Arkport / Hornell |
163
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| Arkport / Hornell - Westfield |
169
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| VIII. The Central Corridor |
177
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| Interstate 90: Syracuse - Massachusetts State Line |
181
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| Interstate 90: Syracuse - Buffalo |
187
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| Interstate 90: Buffalo - Pennsylvania State Line |
191
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| US 20: Buffalo - Canandaigua |
195
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| US 20: Canandaigua - La Fayette |
199
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| US 20: La Fayette - Guilderland |
205
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| IX. The Finger Lakes Region |
211
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| NY 89: US 20 - Ithaca |
217
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| NY 96: Ithaca - Owego |
225
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| NY 14: Geneva - Horseheads |
227
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| NY 21, NY 371: Canandaigua - Cohocton |
233
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| Interstate 390: Rochester - Avoca |
239
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| Introduction to Letchworth Gorge |
243
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| US 62, NY 241, NY 17: Hamburg - Steamburg |
249
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| Interstate 81: Syracuse - Pennsylvania State Line |
253
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| NY 54: Penn Yan - Bath |
259
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| NY 38: Auburn - Dryden |
263
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| NY 41: Skaneateles - Homer |
265
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| NY 13: Cortland - Horseheads |
269
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| X. Ridge Road and the Seaway Trail |
273
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| NY 104: Lewiston - Rochester |
275
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| NY 104: Rochester - Oswego |
279
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| NY 104, NY 104B, NY 3: Oswego - Watertown |
285
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| NY 37: Malone - Ogdensburg |
287
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| NY 37, NY 12, NY 12E: Ogdensburg - Cape Vincent - Watertown |
291
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| XI. The Adirondack Mountain Region |
299
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| NY 73: Lake Placid - Underwood |
303
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| NY 86: Lake Clear Junction - Lake Placid - Jay |
313
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| Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway |
319
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| NY 9N: Ausable Chasm - Keene |
325
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| NY 28: Herkimer - Blue Mountain Lake |
329
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| NY 28: Blue Mountain Lake - Warrensburg |
333
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| NY 30: Amsterdam - Blue Mountain Lake |
339
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| NY 30: Blue Mountain Lake - Malone |
343
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| NY 3: Watertown - Tupper Lake |
347
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| NY 3: Tupper Lake - Plattsburgh |
353
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| NY 12: Watertown - Alder Creek |
357
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| NY 46: Boonville - Rome |
363
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| NY 56: Massena - Seveys Corners |
365
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| Interstate 81: Syracuse - Alexandria Bay |
371
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| US 11: Potsdam - Watertown |
375
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| The Old Military Turnpike from Potsdam to Plattsburgh |
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| Glossary |
388
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| Suggested Reading |
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