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The Lockport Group is a geologic group in the Appalachian Basin and Michigan Basin in the northeastern United States and Canada. This unit makes up the Niagara Escarpment. Its most famous feature is Niagara Falls. The unit outcrops in New York, Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. [1]
China Geological Survey (GSC) – Chinese geological survey (1962-) Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS) – geological research institute; Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University – Saudi Arabia
The name was coined by T.A Conrad, 1839 in the New York State Geological Survey Annual Report. Named for the Helderberg Escarpment or Helderberg Mountains. [1] The upper portion of the Helderberg, or the Kalkberg Formation is host to the Bald Hill ash bed, dated to 417.6 million years ago. [2] The Helderberg is composed chiefly of limestone and ...
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 ]
The igneous and metamorphic crystalline basement rock of New York formed in the Precambrian and are coterminous with the Canadian Shield.The Adirondack Mountains, Thousand Islands, Hudson Highlands, and Fordham gneiss, along with outcrops in the Berkshires just over the state line in Massachusetts, are part of the Grenville Province, a large piece of continental crust which accreted to the ...
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The Medina Group or Cataract Group is a geologic group in New York. It dates to the Silurian period. The group includes the Whirlpool Sandstone, Power Glen Shale, Devils Hole Sandstone, Grimsby Formation, Thorold Sandstone, Cambria Shale, Cabot Head Shale and Kodak Sandstone. [1]
"The Geological Evolution of Collins Lake, Scotia, New York, as Revealed From Sub-Bottom Profiles and Sediment Core Analysis". Union College "New York State Geological Association 39th Annual Meeting" (PDF). The New York State Geological Association. May 5–7, 1967. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23