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Photographer: Larry Gertner
Taken: June 17, 2020
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This cross-section through the north end of Central Park shows how the underlying geology exerts a powerful influence on the park’s topography. Gneiss, a generic term for the Manhattan schist, is overlain by sediment and rocks that were deposited by the movement of a glacier.
Submitted: May 10, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p584714
File Size: 0.055 Megabytes
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