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](catskill/tst1ct1.jpg) |
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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![conglomerate](catskill/tst2tm7.jpg) | ![cross bedding](catskill/tst2tm2.jpg) |
Conglomeritic sandstone | Crossbedding clearly visible |
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![loose rock](catskill/tst2tm4.jpg) | ![location 2](catskill/tst2tm6.jpg) |
Loose rock being eroded away from the outcrop at Stop 2 | Outcrop at location 2 seen from a distance |
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![contact](catskill/tst2tm5.jpg) | ![green shale](catskill/tst2tm1.jpg) |
Contact between shale and conglomeritic sandstone | Green-reddish shale at location 2 |
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![shale](catskill/tst2tm8.jpg) | 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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![sandstone](catskill/tst3tp8.jpg) | ![loose sediment](catskill/tst3tp7.jpg) |
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](catskill/tst3tp1.jpg) | ![slope](catskill/tst3tp3.jpg) |
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](catskill/tst3tp4.jpg) | ![haines falls](catskill/tst3tp2.jpg) |
Modern Stream at work | Panoramic view from Haines Falls |
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![sediments](catskill/tst3tp5.jpg) | ![sandstone](catskill/tst3tp6.jpg) |
Different size of sediments being worked by the modern stream | Another view of the sandstone and the conglomerate |
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![sandstone](catskill/tst3tp9.jpg) | Crossbedding in sandstone |
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![sandstone](catskill/tst3tp11.jpg) | 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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![conglomeriritc sandstone](catskill/tst4int5.jpg) | ![contact](catskill/tst4int4.jpg) |
Conglomerate and sandstone | Conglomerates, sandstones and shales |
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![contact](catskill/tst4int2.jpg) | ![beds](catskill/tst4int1.jpg) |
Contact between the sandstone and the conglomerate | Conglomerates, sandstones and shales |
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![contact](catskill/tst4int3.jpg) | 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](catskill/tst5wh12.jpg) |
Overview of the formation |
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![dr. kolkas](catskill/tst5wh9.jpg) | ![contact](catskill/tst5wh8.jpg) |
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](catskill/tst5wh6.jpg) | ![shale](catskill/tst5wh7.jpg) |
Students at work | Student looking closely at the shales |
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![working](catskill/tst5wh11.jpg) | ![swamp](catskill/tst5wh10.jpg) |
Students at the contact between the sandstone and the shale | Shales and mudstones |
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![shales](catskill/tst5wh16.jpg) | ![contact](catskill/tst5wh13.jpg) |
Shales at stop 5 | Contact between the shales and mudstones |
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![shales](catskill/tst5wh14.jpg) | ![fossil](catskill/tst5wh15.jpg) |
Shales at stop 5 | Fossil of a leave impressed in the rock record |
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![windham](catskill/tst5wh2.jpg) | ![windham](catskill/tst5wh4.jpg) |
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![windham](catskill/tst5wh5.jpg) | ![windham](catskill/tst5wh3.jpg) |
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![windham](catskill/tst5wh1.jpg) | Geology is fun!! |
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