1 / 14

Geology of NY and NJ

Geology of NY and NJ. Objectives. Earth Science Review Structure of the Earth Minerals vs. Rocks What are the three rock types? How does the rock cycle work?. New York and New Jersey Geologic Connection Northeast Geologic History Impacts on Society. Explore the Museum

sailor
Download Presentation

Geology of NY and NJ

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Geology of NY and NJ

  2. Objectives Earth Science Review Structure of the Earth Minerals vs. Rocks What are the three rock types? How does the rock cycle work? New York and New Jersey Geologic Connection Northeast Geologic History Impacts on Society Explore the Museum Visit Skyscraper! Visit Our Hudson Home Wrap-up Exhibit Questions Answered Incorporating Earth Science in the Classroom

  3. Minerals • Naturally Occuring • Solid • Specific Chemical Composition • Characteristic Crystal Structure • Inorganic *Not made in a laboratory Atoms are arranged in geometric patterns that persist throughout the mineral.

  4. Rocks Naturally occurring aggregates of minerals The Earth’s crust (lithosphere) is made of ROCK. 3 Major Rock Types Sedimentary Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary Rocks form from deposition and consolidation of mineral and organic material Igneous Rocks form by the solidification and cooling of molten material. Metamorphic Rocks form from pre-existing rocks. Heat and pressure are the catalysts in this transformation.

  5. Grenville Orogeny and Rodinia End of Proterozoic Eon approximately 1 billion years ago

  6. Rodinia RiftedIapetus Ocean existed 600 – 400 million years ago

  7. Pangea Forms250 million years ago

  8. 180 million years ago Pangea starts to separate

  9. Glaciers Shaped Topography

  10. New Jersey has FOUR: Valley and Ridge Highlands Piedmont Coastal Plain What is a Geologic Province?An area containing common geologic or geomorphic characteristics.

  11. Approximately 10 Distinct Provinces Niagra Finger Lakes Mohawk Valley-Catskill Southeastern Hudson Valley – Taconic Taconic Region Champlain Valley St. Lawrence Valley Adirondacks Hudson Highlands New York

  12. New Jersey’s State Dinosaur Discovered in 1858 by William Parker Foulke (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA) Haddonfield, Camden County 25 feet 18 tons Duck-billed herbivorous reptile Hadrosaurus foulkii

More Related