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Identifier: annualreport671913newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York State Museum
Subjects: New York State Museum Science Science
Publisher: Albany : University of the State of New York
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Caption: "Plate 11. Glacial channel or gorge cut in Manlius limestone by glacial waters 2 miles south of Fayetteville" [most likely Limestone Creek]

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Thrust fault in the Fiddlers Green (Camillus) limestone along theelectric line 200 yards north of Fiddlers Green station +■» s
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THE GEOLOGY OF THE SYRACUSE QUADRANGLE 41 times this elevation. The lowest point on the area is 360 feet, thusgiving a maximum relief on the area of the quadrangle of approxi-mately 640 feet. CHANNELS The northern edge of the plateau is a somewhat bold limestoneescarpment very irregular in contour. The north-flowing Onon-daga and Butternut creeks have cut deep valleys or trenches inthe plateau, thus dividing the escarpment on this quadrangle intothree parts. Smaller streams have cut notches between the largercreeks thus giving the escarpment a jagged as well as brokenappearance. In addition to the north-south valleys, the north end of the plateauis diversified by a number of east-west valleys or trenches acrossthe interstream areas, some of which are of considerable size andinterest; some of them near the escarpment have separated consider-able masses or outliers from the plateau, thus adding to the diversityof the relief. The peculiar interest attached to the east-west valleys is tha

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