New York State Geology Resources

Mustaf's Mega GeoLinks
Hudson River School Paintings:
2005 Deluxe Wall Calendar

*New York Geologic Information*

New York State Regional Goodies

Overview of New York Geology, (large file, lots of graphics.)
Olga's thumnail sketch of NYS tectonic history
Mineral Industry of New York - 1994
 Satelite Image of Eastern New York
Geologic Map of Eastern New York
 Physiographic Map of Northeastern US
 Tectonic Map of Northeastern US
Historic USGS Topographic Maps of New York State
Historic Maps of New York State

Eastern New York & Adirondacks

Hartwick College's Virtual Field Trip; Oneonta to the Hudson River,
the geology of central New York
Harriman State Park - Virtual Field Trips: Hudson Highlands

Bedrock Geology of Albany County
Field Trip-Catskills, Mohawk Valley, and Taconic Sequence
The Adirondacks: New Mountains from Old Rocks
Geology of the Northern Adirondack Region(NY Mus. Bul 95, 1905)
The Catskills: a geological guide,
Papers on eastern New York glaciation(NY Mus. Bul 84, 1905)
Helderberg Escarpment & Indian Ladder Trail
Devonian Faunas of Trilobite Mountain, Orange County, NY. 1904.

 

New York City & vicinity

Geology of the New York City Region USGS
Geologic Bedrock Maps & Engineering Geology Maps of New York City
New York City Geologic References maps, texts, field guides
Geology of Manhattan, and Central Park
Geologic Time Scale for New York City
Glacial Geology of New York City & Vicinity
Pleistocene (soils) Classification Chart for New York City
Description of major geological "layers" in Southeast New York
New York City underground
The Geology of Staten Island
Geology & the Queens Midtown Tunnel
Newark Basin Coring Project
Glacial Geology of Caumsett State Park & Huntington-Northport Area: a field trip.
Eastern Long Island Geology,
sea level changes and glacial rebound - Long Island
 Download the Bibliography of Long Island Geology and Hydrology

 

Check out my New York Geology Bookstore
 

Western New York State

Clarendon-Linden Fault System: Bibliography
 PENN-DIXIE Outdoor Paleontological Education Center Hamburg, NY
Cayuga County & Surrounding Finger Lakes lots of maps, airphotos, and other stuff
Bedrock Geology of Penn Yan & Keuka Lake Quads
Fossils of NYS and the strata they are found in (gives locations!)
Middle Devonian of Western NY
The Silurian of Western NY
Tully Valley Mudboils, Onondaga County
Landslide Hazards in Glacial Lake Clays: Tully Valley, Finger Lakes Region
The Rochester Shale
The Lockport Formation
Lockport - Niagara Area Geology
The Origins of Niagara Falls
The Geology of the Buffalo Region (NY Mus. Bul. 99, 1906)
1906 color bedrock map of Buffalo 15' quadrangle
Geological Story of Rochester & the Genesee Valley areas
Olga's geological history of the Rochester region

Tectonics, Seismicity, Rocks & Minerals: Global Goodies

Plate Tectonics-how & why
(all about earthquakes)
Regional earthquake data
 1996 Seismic Hazard Maps
 Worldwide Earthquake Monitor
 View a live seismogram at Lamont-Doherty, Palisades, NY
latest seismogram from Binghamton, NY
 Earthquakes & New York State - FAQs (lots of stuff here)
New York State Academy of Mineralogy
Mineral Specimens Online
a few mineral collecting sites
The Virtual Age-Dating Page

Tools of the Trade

Inside Geology: the basic concepts
National Geologic Map Database search for maps-NY & elsewhere
National Geologic Names Lexicon lithologic & geochronologic unit names database
GEOREF Thesaurus
Topographic Maps & Aerial Photos Online (This is good)
U.S. Gazetteer (find places fast)
 USGS-Geographic Names Search Machine
 Geologic Names of the U.S. Database
Geologylink (a great resource - check it out)
Geological Time Machine (earth history)
Outcrop SitesNew York & elsewhere
All about Geologic Time
Rock & Mineral Identification Charts
Athena Mineralogy - Mineral Databases
Another Comprehensive Mineral Data Base
Hope Farm Press: NYS Geology Books
Kite Aerial Photography ("who needs an airplane?")

Other Stuff

Scott Warthin,Jr. Geological Museum-Vassar College
 GEOTIMES Magazine
New York Earth Science Teacher
Concerned about RADON? Click here.
 Licensing Bill for Geologists in NY
NewWebNY THE New York information site
Get the Facts about New York State


Wild & Scenic New York by C.Clifton:
2004 Deluxe Wall Calendar
New York Nature:
2005 Wall Calendar
Hudson River Valley:
2005 Deluxe Wall Calendar

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