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IDEAS Field Trip
Geology of Southeastern NY

Dr. J Bret
Bennington 

Landscape regions map of SE New York

Field Trip Route Map

Click on the stops (red dots) shown on the map to see photos taken on the field trip from those areas. Click on the route (blue line) to see photos of geologic features from the regions that we passed through on the way to our stops. (Note: stop photos are from the 2004 trip. To see photos from the 2006, 2008 trips, click the links below.)

Field Trip Photos
October 16-17, 2004
October 28-29, 2006
October 25-26, 2008

Supporting Materials to Download
Field Trip Guide (pdf - 4.3 mb)
Stony Point Field Trip Stop Description (pdf - 465 kb)
Geologic History of New York Chart (pdf - 44 kb / MS Word .doc - 28 kb)

Supporting Links
Geology of New York State Multimedia Gallery (Bret and Gail Bennington)
Geology of the New York City Region (USGS)
Geological Transect from New York City to New Jersey (Charles Merguerian)
Paleogeographic Maps (Chris Scotese, Paleomap Project)

Last modified 11-05-08 by J Bret Bennington. All rights reserved by the author. This document and images may not be distributed or posted in any format or reposted on any other server without permission. Permission is granted to download and display photos for educational purposes.
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