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2 Physical Setting/<strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Science</strong> Reference Tables — 2010 Edition<br />
Taconic Mountains<br />
Appalachian Plateau (Upl<strong>and</strong>s)<br />
Newark<br />
Lowl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Atlantic Coastal Plain<br />
Generalized L<strong>and</strong>scape Regions of New York State<br />
Grenville Province<br />
(Highl<strong>and</strong>s)<br />
Interior<br />
Lowl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Interior Lowl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Adirondack<br />
Mountains<br />
Lake Ontario<br />
Tug Hill<br />
Plateau<br />
Erie-Ontario Lowl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
(Plains)<br />
Allegheny Plateau<br />
The Catskills<br />
Lake Erie<br />
Key<br />
Major geographic province boundary<br />
L<strong>and</strong>scape region boundary<br />
State boundary<br />
International boundary<br />
Hudson-Mohawk Lowl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
St. Lawrence Lowl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Miles<br />
0 10 20 30 40 50<br />
0 20 40 60 80<br />
Kilometers<br />
Champlain<br />
Lowl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Hudson Highl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Manhattan Prong<br />
New Engl<strong>and</strong> Province<br />
(Highl<strong>and</strong>s)<br />
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Physical Setting/<strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Science</strong> Reference Tables — 2010 Edition 3<br />
Generalized Bedrock Geology of New York State<br />
Niagara River<br />
modified from<br />
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY<br />
NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM<br />
1989<br />
GEOLOGIC PERIODS AND ERAS IN NEW YORK<br />
CRETACEOUS <strong>and</strong> PLEISTOCENE (Epoch) weakly consolidated to unconsolidated gravels, s<strong>and</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> clays<br />
LATE TRIASSIC <strong>and</strong> EARLY JURASSIC conglomerates, red s<strong>and</strong>stones, red shales, basalt, <strong>and</strong> diabase (Palisades sill)<br />
PENNSYLVANIAN <strong>and</strong> MISSISSIPPIAN conglomerates, s<strong>and</strong>stones, <strong>and</strong> shales<br />
DEVONIAN limestones, shales, s<strong>and</strong>stones, <strong>and</strong> conglomerates<br />
SILURIAN SILURIAN also contains salt, gypsum, <strong>and</strong> hematite.<br />
ORDOVICIAN<br />
CAMBRIAN<br />
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limestones, shales, s<strong>and</strong>stones, <strong>and</strong> dolostones<br />
CAMBRIAN <strong>and</strong> EARLY ORDOVICIAN s<strong>and</strong>stones <strong>and</strong> dolostones<br />
moderately to intensely metamorphosed east of the Hudson River<br />
CAMBRIAN <strong>and</strong> ORDOVICIAN (undifferentiated) quartzites, dolostones, marbles, <strong>and</strong> schists<br />
intensely metamorphosed; includes portions of the Taconic Sequence <strong>and</strong> Cortl<strong>and</strong>t Complex<br />
TACONIC SEQUENCE s<strong>and</strong>stones, shales, <strong>and</strong> slates<br />
slightly to intensely metamorphosed rocks of CAMBRIAN through MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN ages<br />
MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC gneisses, quartzites, <strong>and</strong> marbles<br />
Lines are generalized structure trends.<br />
MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC anorthositic rocks<br />
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Dominantly<br />
sedimentary<br />
origin<br />
Dominantly<br />
metamorphosed<br />
rocks<br />
Intensely metamorphosed rocks<br />
(regional metamorphism about 1,000 m.y.a.)<br />
LONG<br />
ISLAND SOUND<br />
Miles<br />
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0 20 40 60 80<br />
Kilometers<br />
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