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What New York state landscape region is mostly composed of horizontal sedimentary bedrock at high elevations?
I believe its the Catskills.
What type of surface bedrock is commonly found in New York State between Elmira and Ithaca?
Cod
Does it snow at Catskills mountains?
Yes, an annual average of 80 inches. The Catskills are home to several ski areas.
What kind of rocks are in the catskills?
granite
The loose covering of broken rock particles and decaying organic matter overlaying the bedrock of the earths surface is called?
soil
Why are cobbles and boulders composed of Precambrian gneiss commonly found on top of the surface bedrock in the Catskills?
Because glaciers transported these rocks from the Adirondacks to the Catskills
In New York State the surface bedrock of the Catskills consists mainly of?
Limestones, shales, sandstones, and conglomerates
What elevation and bedrock structure are generally found in in the catskills?
The Catskills are an erosionally dissected plateau, with 98 peaks that rise over 3,000 feet in elevation. Slide Mountain, highest point in the Catskills, is 4,180 feet in elevation. Many bedrock exposures in the upland areas display evidence of the scour of glacial ice, indicating that during periods Pleistocene glaciation the entire Catskills region was submerged in ice.
What New York state landscape region is mostly composed of horizontal sedimentary bedrock at high elevations?
I believe its the Catskills.
What is the age of the most abundant surface bedrock in the Finger Lakes region of New York State?
Devonian.
What is the geologic age of the surface bedrock of most of the Allegheny Plateau landscape region in new york state?
Devonian
What type of landscape region is the catskills mountain?
Plateau- it has a horizontal bedrock structure and is a continuation of the Allegheny plateau. It looks like mountains because of stream and glacial erosion.
What is under bedrock soil?
the surface of the earth
What is the name for the area of land where bedrock pushes above the surface of the ground?
An area of land where the bedrock is exposed is referred to by geologists as a bedrock outcrop.
What is the term used for solid rock beneath the earth's surface of soil and gravel?
It is usually called bedrock. When bedrock is very close to the surface it is often referred to as ledge.
What is the geologic age of the bedrock at Syracuse?
It is Silurian in age.
What is the name for a glacier that has frozen to the bedrock?
Polar glaciers are glaciers that are frozen to the bedrock. The surface snow-pack of a polar glacier may experience melting, but the ice from the surface to the base is always below freezing.
