New York City is a sprawling metropolis, but the design of the city is heavily influenced by the geology of this tortured patch of rock. This week we talk about it and what rocks you'll see as you stroll the city streets.
Manhattan Schist (https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/j-hood-wright-park/highlights/12369#:~:text=Manhattan%20schist%20was%20formed%20about,a%20single%20supercontinent%2C%20called%20Pangea.)
Inwood Marble (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckahoe_marble)
Fordham Gneiss (https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/inwood-hill-park/highlights/12313#:~:text=Fordham%20gneiss%2C%20one%20of%20the,a%20period%20of%20continental%20shifting.)
Fun Paper Friday
Cameras left behind by explorers over 80 years ago found and may unlock secrets of glacial movement
Article (https://www.businessinsider.com/cameras-left-in-glacier-legendary-explorer-found-85-years-later-2022-10)
Contact us:
Show
Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo)
www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com)
SWUNG Slack (https://softwareunderground.org)
@dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontpanicgeo)
show@dontpanicgeocast.com
John Leeman
- www.johnrleeman.com (http://www.johnrleeman.com)
- @geo_leeman (https://twitter.com/geo_leeman)
Shannon Dulin
- @ShannonDulin (https://twitter.com/ShannonDulin)
