Annual report of the Regents . us an idea of the size ofthe rivers flowing into the Hudson valley when it formed anestuary, and also indicate the amount of depression which tookplace at those localities. All three portions of a delta may beobserved in the ancient deltas on the Hudson; they are the thii^layers of loamy clay which form the secondary alluvial cone ofthe delta, the cross-stratified sand and gravel and the overlyingunassorted material. This was observed at Haverstraw, NewWindsor, Low point and Dutchess Junction. The following streams between JSTew York and Poughkeepsiehave formed d
Annual report of the Regents . us an idea of the size ofthe rivers flowing into the Hudson valley when it formed anestuary, and also indicate the amount of depression which tookplace at those localities. All three portions of a delta may beobserved in the ancient deltas on the Hudson; they are the thii^layers of loamy clay which form the secondary alluvial cone ofthe delta, the cross-stratified sand and gravel and the overlyingunassorted material. This was observed at Haverstraw, NewWindsor, Low point and Dutchess Junction. The following streams between JSTew York and Poughkeepsiehave formed delta deposits; (as noted by Dr Frederick J. H. ^) Wappinger creek, New Hamburg; Fishkill creek; Indiancreek, Coldspring; Peekskill; Croton river; Pocantico river. Tarry-town; Sawmill river, Yonkers; Tibbitt^s brook. Van Cortland;Minisceongo creek, Haverstraw; Cedar pond brook, Haverstraw;Moodna river, Cornwall; and Quassaic creek, Eewburgh. At the 1 Amer. jour. set. June 1891. 3: 41. XX 0)becift a «t-i ?4-> C3. d Oi00lO O) ci o 00 I—I
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