. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. ^Quaternary - sands $ c/ays Det/on/c —Cots/ri// sandstone I Devonic — Onondaqaf Homi/ton \//'mestone and sna/e. ySi/vr/c—Sn/'ho //mestone. \mt$/uric —Shawn/punk oarykmenifc b— Hudson sna/e ors/ote. Fig. 8 Section from southwest to northeast through Albany county and showing the Taconic folds near the Hudson. Fig. 9 Section from northwest to southeast across Ulster county and passing through Slide mountain and Highland village. Taconic and Appa- lachian folds both sides, as well as the structure of Shawangunk mountain. Fig. 10 More detai
. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. ^Quaternary - sands $ c/ays Det/on/c —Cots/ri// sandstone I Devonic — Onondaqaf Homi/ton \//'mestone and sna/e. ySi/vr/c—Sn/'ho //mestone. \mt$/uric —Shawn/punk oarykmenifc b— Hudson sna/e ors/ote. Fig. 8 Section from southwest to northeast through Albany county and showing the Taconic folds near the Hudson. Fig. 9 Section from northwest to southeast across Ulster county and passing through Slide mountain and Highland village. Taconic and Appa- lachian folds both sides, as well as the structure of Shawangunk mountain. Fig. 10 More detailed section through cement district at Whiteport, Ulster county. Both Taconic and Appalachian folds are well exhibited. These sections all modified after Darton, N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 47, 1894, PP- 430, 490, 532 region. Thus from the geologic standpoint, the term Taconic province would be appropriate. All along the border of the prov- ince, as well as throughout the Hudson Highlands, the rocks are rather severely metamorphosed. Highlands-of-the-Hudson. The Hudson Highlands extend across the Hudson valley in a northeast-southwest direction, and cover southern Orange county and northern Rockland county, and the region from southern Dutchess southward across Putnam. 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. Albany : University of the State of New York
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