 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Isotopic Age Study of the Metamorphic Historyof theManhattan and Reading ProngsAbstract: Potassium-argon...theManhattan crystallization which in turn is strongly dependentProng andNew Jersey-NewYork Highlands...zircon ageing Prong). Most of the rocks from theManhattan obtained by Tilton and others (1960) in the HighProng...intrusive pegmatites, it probably rep- m.y. in theManhattan Prong suggest a fourthresents the last major...Acknowledgments970Geology ofNewYorkCity area970Reading Prong970Manhattan Prong971Experimental procedures |  | | Report (issue) | | in the currentyear issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.• SALT LAKECITY, Utah—Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125South State St...Crystalline Basement Beneath theCoastal Plain ofNew Jersey and Contiguous AreasBy Richard A. Volkert...Jr., and Peter J. SugarmanGEOLOGIC STUDIES INNEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIAU.S. GEOLOGICAL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1565-BPrepared in cooperation with theNew Jersey Geological SurveyPre-Mesozoic metasedimentary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AREA,NEWYORKBY DAVID M. SCOTPORDABSTRACTThe Poundridge area in northeastern WestchesterCounty, New...NewYork, is underlain bythe Poundridge and Siscowit granites, the Fordham gneiss, Inwood marble, and...and theManhattan formation, comprising theNewYorkCity group. Field evidence, including thefact that...to exist, leads to the conclusion that theNewYorkCity group is a conformable sequence either of entirely...limestone-HudsonRiver shale sequence of DutchessCounty to the north.The area has been subjected to regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with magnetite inclusions fromRiverside Drive,Manhattan. 21 × 17 cm, SIM SM471.Figure 47 (above). Orthoclase...simply as being fromNewYork,NewYork.In 1967 almandine crystals inbiotite schist were discovered in...in fill being dumped in theNew Jersey Meadowlands, atidal wetland area that was being “recovered” using...using fill fromexcavation sites inManhattan. The source of the excavatedmaterial turned out to be a...Street,Manhattan. 5 × 5 × 3 cm,NYSM 16875.found in a dark seam of soft, decomposedschist about 15 |  | | Journal (issue) | | me for distribution; to enco1Jragethe search fornew minerals that havenot vet been discovered: and to...Assocfation by nominating tnem formembership'Eachnew member helps to extend theAssociation's activities--helps..................................................NEW ENGLAND NOTES. Conducted by Rudolf C. B. Ba,.tsch...NOTES :235240241248252253254255CANONCITY GEOLOGY CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book | | Geology ofNewYorkCityand Environs||uuuChristopher J. SchuberthFrom the air, two ofNew York’s most...the decidedly unnatural concrete patterns ofManhattan and the limitless, natural whitesandy beaches...beaches which stretch the entirelength of LongIsland. Yet both ofthese remarkable and seemingly disparate...owe their appearanceto the geology of theNewYorkCityarea.The effect of glaciers in shaping the...WANNSSWs Svagreat barrier beaches of LongIslandis more obvious than the role of Manhattan’s bedrock |  | | Report (issue) | | I CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STRATIGRAPHY OFNEW ENGLAND The Geological Society of America, Inc.Memoir...Memoir 148Contributions to the Stratigraphy ofNew EnglandEdited byLincoln R. Page1976 The Memoir...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern AroostookCounty, Maine1. David C. Roy and Ely MencherDiscussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern AroostookCounty, Maine...Louis PavlidesLower Devonian Seboomook... H. Pease, Jr.Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of theNew London area, southeastern Connecticut..Richard Goldsmith |  | | Report (issue) | | quarto TN 24 .N7 B67X 1960 Rocks and Minerals ofNewYork State EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NUMBER 10 by RogerL...STATE OFNEWYORK THE STATE EDUCATION STATE MUSEUM DEPARTMENT AND SCIENCE SERVICE ALBANY,NEWYORK 12234...MINNESOTA erms expire ) Regents 1981 THEODORE M.YORK C. L. BLA Chancellor Sands Point STILL KISHANVAN...ALEXANDERJ. ALL 1980 JOSEPHT. KING, L Troy ShelterIsland 1981 JOSEPH C. INDELIC Brooklyn 1979 FRANCISW...1984 JORGE L. BATISTA , B.A. , J.D. Bronx 1982NewYork LOUIS E. YAVNER, LL.B. President of The University |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | consisting chiefly ofmuscovite, chlorite, andbiotite, and traces of garnet, zoisite, and tourmaline...pegmatite district iies acrossthe Park-FremontCountyline in south-centralColorado, a few miies northwest...muscovite gneiss, siliimanite gneiss, micaschist, andbiotite granite. Intrusive into the granite and the...reopened by the Colorado Feldspar Company of CanonCity, Colorado, and moderate quantities of good quality...albite, muscovite in books 2feet or lessin length,biotite, garnet, apatite, magnetite, beryl, sillimanite |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................. 591GEOLOGIC AGE OF THENEWYORKCITY ROCKS. By Cecil H . Kindle 592WORLD'S GREATEST............... 596AN INT ERESTING DIABASE CuT INNEW JERSEY. By Petet' Zodac .................... 597...26° 15' N . lat. and 96° 30' E.imbedded in micaschist. AlthouP,h the long ( in the northern part of Upper...ravine in and most of it goes to China.a vein ofbiotite-scbist. Another occurREFERENCErence of green beryl...inThe Booi of Amb,r, by Dr. George C. Wil•biotite-schist on the opposite (western) liamson. Ernest Benn |  | | Journal (issue) | | EARTH. By John S. AJbane1e ................ 261NEW PORT ABLE MICROSCOPE .................................................. 284"WONDER MINERAL" OPENSNEW CONSTRUCTION HORIZONS •............................limestonequarries ofYorkCounty, chromite andlead-silver mines of LancasterCounty, andthe large iron...iron mine at Cornwall, LebanonCounty, are but a few of the many goodlocalities in southeastern Pennsylvania...within easy reach of hiscity.The most famous localities in LancasterCounty are the Wood's and Line |  | | Report (volume) | | 15151518181818242525Oligoclase-micaschist f acies _-___-_.-_.____-.___25Diaphthoritic...schists.-_---___-__________._-___Albite-chloriteschist facies _--___._-________-___Composition...-.-...-.-.-.-----..-...-........-.-....Peters Creekschist._______________________________Cardiff conglomerate..._-__.______-___--__Age of biotitic amphiboliteschist and metagabbro.---Serpentine.._______----____-..._______----____-__-_____---_----_---_Amphibolite and chloriteschist altered volcanic flows.Igneous rocks of undetermined |  | | Report (volume) | | in Bronx and WestchesterCounties, southeasternNewYork, byCharles A. Baskervi1le......................3. Buddenhagen...........................Hi 13.New Paleozoic formations in the northern KuskokwimMountains..., and Wi 1 1 iam W. Patton, 3r...........H13^.New stratigraphic unit in the Wilcox Group (upperPaleocene-lower...Shride.....................H578. Mauzy Formation, anew stratigraphic unit of Permianage in western Kentucky...formationsin the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) ofNewYork, by William A. Oliver, 3r..................H91 |  | | Report (issue) | | Olistostromes of the Avalonian terrane of southeasternNew England 0 iic0o0. sia SOOO BEate.Richard H. Bailey...the U.S.Appalachians in order to emphasize thesenew and exciting research endeavors. CanadianAppalachian...a more complete picture of the geology. Severalnewdiscoveries and interpretations in the U.S. Appalachians...Orogen held in 1984 were unable to agree on anynew orprevious definition. Similar disagreements are...recognized in southeasternNew England and in theGreen Head Formation ofNew Brunswick. These may have |  | | Journal (issue) | | Special on good mineral spe.cimens fromnew Ohio locality!Celestite (new form) spear sha1,e, tabulnr loose...U. S.)-5 difCe rent types for $1.00.Celestite (new form ) spear shape, tabular crystals with cakite...Postage ExtraCRYSTALLIZED VANADINITEFrom PinalCounty, ArizonaFlame red crystals on a dnrk yellow matrix...inth, U5r2 inc-b, 85cPlus PostageSomethingNewLavendar Spurrite from down on the -:IIexican Bordt>r...inth, $3.00Plus PostageR. W. TUTHILLMichiganCity, IndianaMINERALS FROM ITALYFOR SALECabinet |  | | Report (issue) | | REGION 1Connecticut Maine MassachusettsNew Hampshire RhodeIsland VermontOPEN-FILE REPORT 93-292-APrepared...1Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,New Hampshire, RhodeIsland, and VermontR. Randall SchumannEDITOR...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment ofNew HampshireLinda C.S. Gundersen andR. Randall Schumann...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of RhodeIslandLinda C.S. Gundersen andR. Randall Schumann191...directed to develop model standards and techniques fornew building construction that wouldprovide adequate |  | Johannsen, Albert, Rogers, G. S., Lloyd, E. R., Culver, Harold E., Steidtmann, E. (1912) Petrological Abstracts and Reviews.The Journal of Geology, 20 (3) 270-280doi:10.1086/621953 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | , XXXI(1911), 341-49.The determination of anew thermometer scale (described in a previous article)...EDWARDH.XXXI"ANew Jolly Balance," Amer. Jour. Sci.,(1911), 561-63-Thenew features of this balance...are still divided, however, on the processesofschist development. Thesediverse views can be grouped...interpretedthe gradation between clay, slate, micaschist, and gneisses as resultingfrom the chemical action...minerals of the lower zoneare pyroxene,garnet,biotite, lime plagioclase,potash feldspar,sillimanite, |  | | Report (issue) | | t------------------------------------Australia,New Zealand, and Antarctica __________ _Australia ____...n Territory ___ -----------------Queensland andNew South Wales _______ _South Australia ____ -----...------_Western Australia ___ ------------------New Zealand ______ -----------------------South Isla...Perce Counties __________ _IdahoCountY-----------------ValleyCountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _BoiseCounty ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer |  | | Report (volume) | | formation.Carboniferous : Nova Scotia (Cape BretonIsland).P. D. Trask and K. F. Mather, 1927 (Wash. Acad...describe) that Macastey black sh. of AnticostiIsland is certainly of Utica (UpperOrd.) age.W. H. Twenhofel...sandstone.Permian : Central northern Oklahoma (BayCounty).C. N. Gould, 1900 (Kans. Univ. Quart., vol. 9...dolomite.Permian : Central northern Texas (FisherCounty).M. G. Cheney, 1929 (Univ. Tex. Bull. 2913, p...: Northwestern Colorado (northern part of EagleCounty).R. Roth, 1930 (A. A. P. G. Bull., vol. 14, No |  | | Journal (issue) | | ····························905VESUVIANITE CRYSTALS FROM ESSEXCOUNTY, N. Y. By E. B. Rou iey 906MONAZITE OCCURRENCE...touring Pennsylvania, W est Virginia, N ew Jersey,NewYork and someof the N ew England states. A highlight...i ncrals,,·er:- col!ectcd d uring thc: trip..New Curator for Chicago MuseumThe appointment of Dr...and one by J. J. Glass and others,ldocrase fromNew Mexico, Am. Mineral. Vol. 29, May-June 1944. Rock1...Hoadley mentions idocrase atEdenvilJe and Amity,NewYork.Dr. Frederick H. Pough reports thatin the VESUVIANITE | | | Report (volume) | | During all of these pauses in the work thecoining ofnew names went on apace, until the lexicon as it stands...5in., inch or inches.Circ., Circular.Co.,County or Company.Indus., Industrial.Inst., Institute...nonconformfm., formation.ably.fms., formations.n.s.,new series.ft., feet or foot.Occ., Occasional.Gd....into a kind of hybrid sl., in some places into aschist.Varies from nearly pure greenstone to fairly pure...tuffaceous faciescalled Aaron slate.]Abbeville-York zone.Pre-Cambrian : Northwestern South Carolina |  | | Report (volume) | | Wisconsin____________________ 338Chippewa River and BarronCounty ___________ 338Central Minnesota ______________________...Steep Rock Lake_______________________HuntersIsland and region northwest, north, and northeast____...Notes_____________________________________ 489CHAPTER VII.New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Gaspe...Peninsula_______"_____________________________ 490Section 1.New Brunswick______ '.__________________ 490Summary...__________490SouthernNew Brunswick____________ .________ 490Northern and centralNew Brunswick_____________ |  | | Report (volume) | | Geographical Society: Bulletin, vols. 38, 39.NewYork.American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bi-Monthly...Transactions, vols. 36, 37.NewYork.American Journal of Science, 4th series, vols. 21-24.New Haven, Conn.American...1-3; Bulletin,vols. 22, 23; Journal, vols. 6, 7.NewYork.American Naturalist, vols. 40, 41. Boston, Mass...vol. 45 and vol.46, nos. 185-187; Transactions,new ser., vol. 21, pt. 4> Philadelphia, Pa.American...of Civil Engineers: Transactions, vols. 56-59.NewYork.Annales de Paleontologie, t. 1, 2. Paris, France |  | | Report (issue) | | ...................8. K-Ar and Rb-Sr ages ofbiotite from Precambrian W rocks ........................ofmedium- to coarse-grained, generally massivebiotite granite and relatedpegmatite and aplite. The main...and K-Arbiotite ages are 2,300 million years or greater, whereas tothe south, thebiotite ages decrease...KILOMETERSEXPLANATIONTERTIARYInequigranularbiotite- quartz-feldspar augen gneissMoonstone Formation...(Oligocene)21JDark-gray, fine-grained, thinly bandedbiotite gneiss interpreted to be metagraywackeFine- to |  | | Report (issue) | | parts of continuing investigations; others announcenew discoveries or preliminary resultsof investigations...basement gneiss beneath the Coastal Plain sequence,Island Beach State Park, N.J., by D. L.Southwick ___...Foraminifera from Shell Bluff and Griffin Landings, BurkeCounty, Ga., by S.M. Herrick________394350556164...in rhyolitic tuff at Spor Mountain, western JuabCounty, Utah, by D. R. Shawe,Wayne Mountjoy, and Walter...the capture of the Yellow Dog River, MarquetteCounty, Mich., by Kenneth Segerstrom______126Ancient |
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