. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. TITLES ANT) ABSTRACTS OV PAPERS 117 LARGE FAULT I\ WESTERS SEW YORK * BV H. CHADWICK CONTENTS Page Introductory remarks 117 The field evidence US Nature and origin 120 INTRODU CTOKV Iv K M A KK S The faiilteii Pale()/oi<' reiirion of New York State has hitherto been regarded as ooiitiiied to the Mohawk Valley * and the areas north - and east.' No con- siderable fault has been recorded west of Little Falls,* except one in the vicinity of Trenton Falls.' An unrecorded (or the same?) fault probably exists along the line of Steb
. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. TITLES ANT) ABSTRACTS OV PAPERS 117 LARGE FAULT I\ WESTERS SEW YORK * BV H. CHADWICK CONTENTS Page Introductory remarks 117 The field evidence US Nature and origin 120 INTRODU CTOKV Iv K M A KK S The faiilteii Pale()/oi<' reiirion of New York State has hitherto been regarded as ooiitiiied to the Mohawk Valley * and the areas north - and east.' No con- siderable fault has been recorded west of Little Falls,* except one in the vicinity of Trenton Falls.' An unrecorded (or the same?) fault probably exists along the line of Stebbins Creek,*'' northeast of Clinton, New FiGLRL 1.—Diagram showing actual Vertical, but seemingly horizontal, Displacement of gentlf/ sloping Strata which, like the Trenton fault, differs frcrtn the rule of the Mohawk Valley displacements by having its downthrow on the west side. A similar downthrow on the west characterizes the fault to be described, l»ut it shows itself as a northward shove of the downthrow side • &ranuscript received by the Secretary of the Society December 30, 1919. » Parton : 14th Kept. N. Y. Goologj'. 1S94, pp. .', pi. 1. * Gushing: Bull. 191, N. Y. State Museum, p. .53, and geologic map; Bull. , pp. 403- 412. »('ushing and Huedomann : Bull. HJ9. N. Y. State Museum, p. 104, etc. ? Cushing : Bull. 77, N. Y. State Museum, p. 38, and geologic map. » Miller : Bull. 126, N. Y. State Museum, pp. 23-20. •Compare Vanuxem, Rept. on 3d Dlst. N. Y., pp. 85-80. with map. pi. 12, in Newhmd and Hartnagel, Bull. 123, N. Y. State Museum, which shows the Iron-ore bed shifting a liuiuJred f»'et on the contours In crossing this 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 Geological Society of America. [New York : The Society]
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