. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. ^ a a Fig. -J Orerthnwl fault. 1 Reduction to a*plain. The erosion, working proportionally in the elevation of the beds and, later, on the abrasion by the seas of upper Bilnric and Devonic time, as evinced by the uncon- formable deposition of the limestones at Becraft mountain (Columbia county), on the " Hudson river " shales, reduced the surface of the disturbed area to nearly or entirely the condition of a plain. leaving the steeply dipping conformable and inverted of beds and the overthrust fault as witnesses of the former powerful acti
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. ^ a a Fig. -J Orerthnwl fault. 1 Reduction to a*plain. The erosion, working proportionally in the elevation of the beds and, later, on the abrasion by the seas of upper Bilnric and Devonic time, as evinced by the uncon- formable deposition of the limestones at Becraft mountain (Columbia county), on the " Hudson river " shales, reduced the surface of the disturbed area to nearly or entirely the condition of a plain. leaving the steeply dipping conformable and inverted of beds and the overthrust fault as witnesses of the former powerful activity of orogenic forces (fig. 5). f 6 4 c b. -C^^nErE^ a _â 5 Profile through Iluilson valley at The small anticlines i Vly are the weak western if the fold-producing forces; for they run parallel to the deformations of the crust in the east, while the anticlim >. prettj examples of which arc visible along the. 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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