GENERALIZED BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF NYS
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During which period were the rocks at each of the following cities formed?
1) Albany
2) Binghamton
3) Rochester
4) Watertown
5) Niagara Falls
6) Old Forge

What kinds of rocks can be found at the following cities?
7) Niagara Falls
8) Elmira
9) Oswego
10)Utica
11)Mt. Marcy

12) Is New York State covered with mostly igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary rocks?

What is the latitude and longitude of the following?

13) Slide Mountain
14) Mt Marcy
15) Jamestown
16) Plattsburgh

What is the distance in miles between the following cities?

17) Jamestown to Buffalo
18) Binghamton to Syracuse
19) Watertown to Old Forge
 
 

ANSWERS
1) Ordovician
2) Devonian
3) Ordovician
4) Ordovician
5) Silurian
6) Middle protoerozoic
7) Limestone, shale, sandstone, conglomerate, salt, gypsum, hematite
8) Limestone, shale, sandstone, conglomerate
9) Limestone, shale, sandstone, dolostones
10)Limestone, shale, sandstone, dolostones
11) anorthositic rocks
12) sedimentary
13) 42 N  74 30’ W
14) 44 15’ N  74 W
15) 42 10’ N  79 15’ W
16) 44 45’ N 73 20’ W
17) 60
18) 70
19) 55