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Geology of High Falls Marker
Photographer: Steve Stoessel
Taken: April 4, 2020
Caption: Geology of High Falls Marker
Additional Description: Legend:
1. Glacial-lake and -river sand plain (12,000 years old).
2. The high falls "natural” dam.
3. Rosendale cement rock (carbonate) of the Rondout formation.
4. Binnewater formation (sandstone)
5. The anticlinal fold.
6. High Falls formation (shale, carbonate, mudstone).
7. The lower falls.
8. Shawangunk formation (quartz pebble conglomerate).
Submitted: April 8, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p516094
File Size: 0.585 Megabytes

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