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Geology of New York (state) The geology of the State of New York is made up of ancient Precambrian crystalline basement rock, forming the Adirondack Mountains and the bedrock of much of the state. These rocks experienced numerous deformations during mountain building events and much of the region was flooded by shallow seas depositing thick ...
The New York State Museum was founded in 1836 as the New York State Geological and Natural History Survey, formed in 1836 by Governor William Marcy to document the mineral wealth of the state. [2] In 1870, it was reorganized as the New York State Museum of Natural History under the trusteeship of the regents of the State University. [3]
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Lake Warren. Lake Wayne. Lake Whittlesey. Categories: Natural history of New York (state) Geology of the United States by state. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Paleontology in New York. The location of the state of New York. Paleontology in New York refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of New York. New York has a very rich fossil record, especially from the Devonian. However, a gap in this record spans most of the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic.
Two modern shells, closed (left) and open (right), of Hiatella arctica, also known as the wrinkled rock-borer. † Hiatella arctica. Ilyanassa. † Ilyanassa obsoleta. † Ilyanassa trivittata. Macoma. † Macoma balthica. † Macoma petalum. Marshallora.
Onondaga Limestone. The Onondaga Limestone is a group of hard limestones and dolomites of Devonian age that forms geographic features in some areas in which it outcrops; in others, especially its Southern Ontario portion, the formation can be less prominent as a local surface feature. [citation needed][1] In upstate New York and the Niagara ...
New York (state) geologic formation stubs (96 P) Pages in category "Geologic formations of New York (state)" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.