. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY 97 bed parallel to llie floor of the old land and tlie sand facies will form apparently continuous beds parallel to the pebble beds, both thus constituting lithic beds, which extend diagonally across the horizontal planes that demark the time limit of the formations. This relation is shown in the subjoined diagram [fig. 4b. See also fig. 4a and fig. 5]. It is evident that neither the conglomerate nor ""'"'""'t^'^iit:,' â â¢' ⢠â .â â â â â "-=^=2^ ^ec ^e.«( --^^ '-~-^~^
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY 97 bed parallel to llie floor of the old land and tlie sand facies will form apparently continuous beds parallel to the pebble beds, both thus constituting lithic beds, which extend diagonally across the horizontal planes that demark the time limit of the formations. This relation is shown in the subjoined diagram [fig. 4b. See also fig. 4a and fig. 5]. It is evident that neither the conglomerate nor ""'"'""'t^'^iit:,' â â¢' ⢠â .â â â â â "-=^=2^ ^ec ^e.«( --^^ '-~-^~^'-=^-,A,j-^JU_^ -, -; - """^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^S^^S^" "-=-' "^^-^-^-- '' ' .^^ J^ "tri^-a^,:-â :⢠_ ^ _,____^.^ ^ ^^^'~^--:--_^. . ~y\ -" \ ^ / ^-^ - Fig-. 4b Diagram illustrating progressive overlap the sandstone thus produced will be of the same age throughout, the age of these beds becoming more recent in the direction of shore migration. The bearing of this fact on the age of some of the Siluric conglomerates and sandstones of the regions adjoining the Schoharie district, will be discussed in a later chapter. The relationships of the strata to each other and to the old land are shown in the subjoined figure [fig. 5].. y / y_ ^-^^"^^^^^f^t^^M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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