| CATSKILL FIELD TRIP |
| MEANDERING STREAM FACIES, BRAIDED STREAM FACIES, CHANNELS, OVERBANKS AND SWAMPS |
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| STOP 1 Braided and meandering stream facies seen from a distance - 11.7 miles from exit 21 on the NYS Thruway |
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| Meandering and stream facies seen from the distance |
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| STOP 2 Trestle Mountain House. Meandering stream facies - 16.1 miles from exit 21 on the NYS Thruway |
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| Conglomeritic sandstone | Crossbedding clearly visible |
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| Loose rock being eroded away from the outcrop at Stop 2 | Outcrop at location 2 seen from a distance |
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| Contact between shale and conglomeritic sandstone | Green-reddish shale at location 2 |
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 | Another view of the shale deposit at location 2 |
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| STOP 3 Twilight Park. Braided stream facies - 22.0 miles from exit 21 on the NYS Thruway |
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| View of sandstone and conglomerates being eroded by a modern stream | View of pebbles and cobbles eroded from the conglomerates above our location |
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| Panoramic view of the Catskill Mountains | View of the slope of the river from the bridge at Haines Falls |
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| Modern Stream at work | Panoramic view from Haines Falls |
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| Different size of sediments being worked by the modern stream | Another view of the sandstone and the conglomerate |
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 | Crossbedding in sandstone |
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 | Another view of the outcrop at stop 3 |
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| STOP 4 Intersection of NY 23A and NY 296. Meandering stream facies: channels and overbank - 30.1 miles from exit 21 on the NYS Thruway |
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| Conglomerate and sandstone | Conglomerates, sandstones and shales |
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| Contact between the sandstone and the conglomerate | Conglomerates, sandstones and shales |
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 | Student taking a closer look at the rocks |
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| STOP 5 East Windham. Meandering stream facies: channels, overbank and swamp - 42.9 miles from exit 21 on the NYS Thruway |
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| Overview of the formation |
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| Dr. Kolkas showing the remmants of fossils plants and leaves | Students at the contact between the shales and the swamp deposits |
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| Students at work | Student looking closely at the shales |
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| Students at the contact between the sandstone and the shale | Shales and mudstones |
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| Shales at stop 5 | Contact between the shales and mudstones |
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| Shales at stop 5 | Fossil of a leave impressed in the rock record |
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 | Geology is fun!! |
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