Report of ProgressBoard of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1881 35 vols. are atlases. |
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anticlinal Ararat Barometric elevations base bowlders Bradford county breccia calcareous breccia Canadensis Carbondale Catskill sandstone Catskill series Chemung Cherry Ridge limestone Choconut coal basin color Concealed conglomerate corner of Susquehanna county line Cross roads current-bedded sandstone Delaware river drainage drained Drift Dyeberry east eastern Elk mountains Equinunk Erie flaggy Forest City Forks of road Glacial gray sandstone grayish white greenish gray hill Honesdale Honesdale Lower sandstone horizon Lackawanna county Lackawanna river Lackawaxen Lake layers ledge Level line of cliffs Martin's creek massive sandstone Michx Milford Lower sandstone Montrose Moosic mountain northern northward outcrop Paupack pebbly sandstone Pleasant conglomerate Pocono Pond portion quarried quartz pebbles railroad red shale rocks sand sandstone is seen sandy School House Scranton Slate slope South Knob southern southward Starrucca creek strata stratum stream surface Susque Susquehanna county Susquehanna Depot Susquehanna river thick Tunkhannock valley Wayne county Wyalusing
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Seite 25 - Glace, and thus escaped its action — the outlook over the surrounding country, lying from 500' to 1000' beneath, suggests the thought that much of it may have been removed by ice. 2200' AT is the greatest elevation at which I have observed direct evidence of glaciation, either in the shape of morainic debris or striated rock surfaces. All higher summits which I have examined are destitute of Drift deposits. South 20° west (mag.) is the general direction of the scratches, or striae, on the hard...