. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Published monthly by the New York State Education Department BULLETIN 342. JUNE 1905 New York State Museum John M. Clarke Director tfii Bulletin 83 GEOLOGY 7 OF *''?ona\ Muse^" MOOERS QUADRANGLE BEING A PORTION OF CLINTON COUNTY, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE TOWNS OF MOOERS, CHAMPLAIN, ALTONA, CHAZY, DANNEMORA AND BEEKMANTOWN N. Y. BY JAY BACKUS WOODWORTH PAGE Preface 3 Introduction 4 Surface deposits of the area 4 Wisconsin epoch 5 Glacial striation 5 Table of glacial striae 5 Interpretation of the striae 6 Glacial erosion 8 Glacial deposits 9 Glaci
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Published monthly by the New York State Education Department BULLETIN 342. JUNE 1905 New York State Museum John M. Clarke Director tfii Bulletin 83 GEOLOGY 7 OF *''?ona\ Muse^" MOOERS QUADRANGLE BEING A PORTION OF CLINTON COUNTY, INCLUDING PARTS OF THE TOWNS OF MOOERS, CHAMPLAIN, ALTONA, CHAZY, DANNEMORA AND BEEKMANTOWN N. Y. BY JAY BACKUS WOODWORTH PAGE Preface 3 Introduction 4 Surface deposits of the area 4 Wisconsin epoch 5 Glacial striation 5 Table of glacial striae 5 Interpretation of the striae 6 Glacial erosion 8 Glacial deposits 9 Glacial drainage and spillways 13 Ingraham esker , 13 Deltas contemporaneous with ice 14 Spill ways and the flat rocks 16 Small rock exposures 24 Late and Post-Wisconsin lake and marine deposits , 25 Shore lines of the area , 26 Marine invasion 46 Recent changes 50 Streams and stream deposits 50 Wind-blown sands. 52 Swamps 52 Summary of Pleistocene history of the area 53 Explanation of the map , 55 Bibliography 57 Index 59 Plates FACE PAGE 1 Index map showing location of Mooers quadrangle 3 2 Sketch map of Mooers quadrangle n 3 Frontal moraine ridges north of Altona spillway 11 4 The Ingraham esker 13 5 Sketch map of spillways from the Canada line to the Little Chazy river 18 6 Altona "flat rock" spillway 18 7 The Dead Sea; view from head of gorge 19 8 The Dead Sea, looking s. 760 w 19 Plates FACE PAGE 9 View from western end of Dead Sea, showing Potsdam sandstone and high- water mark. „ xg 10 View near Dead Sea, looking north over the washed ledges of Potsdam sand- stone ig 11 Sketch map of Covey hill, Canada 22 12 Looking north along eastern slope of Cobblestone hill 33 13 A lower beach than in plate 33 14 Crest of Cobblestone hill, showing strong wave action on boulders and large cobbles 33 15 The beach at 500 feet elevation in Mooers 39 16 Looking west by north on the shore bar at 500 feet, on the head waters of Bullis brook y 39 17 Shore bar cut throug
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