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The land on either side of the Connecticut River Valley is less suitable for farmlands. The eastern section holds the shallow Proto-North American Terrane while the western section contains the Iapetos and Avalonian Terranes , which still holds remnants of glacial till and lack the soft fluvial sediments so prominent in the Connecticut River ...
The Michigan Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the U.S. state of Michigan. The survey is headed by the State Geologist of Michigan . The survey has been composed of three individual surveys: the first from 1837 through 1845, the second from 1859 through 1862, and the third from 1869 to present.
It was first identified in 1985 as a single geologic feature consisting of trap rock by the State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut. [4] A 2004 report conducted for the National Park Service extends that definition to include the entire traprock ridge from Long Island Sound to the Pocumtuck Range in Greenfield, Massachusetts. [1]
Turnpike Road — — SR 529: 1.33: 2.14 Route 173 in West Hartford: Newington Avenue in Hartford: New Britain Avenue — — SR 530: 0.58: 0.93 Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford: Brainard Road in Hartford: Airport Road — — SR 531: 1.39: 2.24 Route 4 in Farmington: I-84 / US 6 in Farmington: South Road, Colt Highway — — SR 532: 0.44: 0.71 ...
Connecticut National Natural Landmarks (clickable map) There are eight National Natural Landmarks in Connecticut . They represent the geological and ecological history of Connecticut, including glacial features such as bogs, old growth forests and swamps.
A map of Connecticut The U.S. state of Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound , on the west by New York , on the north by Massachusetts , and on the east by Rhode Island . The state capital and fourth largest city is Hartford , and other major cities and towns (by population) include Bridgeport , New Haven , Stamford ...
Many of his 70 publications were based on his work in this period, which culminated in his 1987 synthesis report on the Geology of Elko County, a complex area the size of Connecticut and Massachusetts together. The 1:250,000 scale map for the report has a total of 109 mapping units, with areas mapped as small as 10 ha.
Cathole Mountain from South Mountain Frederick Law Olmsted Edwin Armstrong. Located within the towns of Meriden, Southington, and Berlin, the range, roughly horseshoe-shaped with cliff faces oriented south and west, includes, from east to west, Cathole Mountain 515 feet (157 m), South Mountain 767 feet (234 m), East Peak 976 feet (297 m), and West Peak 1,024 feet (312 m).