Considering the Triassic Orange Mountain Basalt (1st Watchung basalt) at Paterson, NJ
Pillow basalts in the Orange Mountain Basalt
Great Falls of the Passaic River at Paterson, NJ, cuting through the Orange Mountain Basalt
Examining the basal contact of the Orange Mountain Basalt at Paterson, NJ
Char, Brian, and Andy on the Orange Mountain Basalt
Urban geology in Paterson, NJ
Wooster petrology group (minus Will, who quickly darted out of the picture) on Garrett Mountain, NJ.
Note Midtown Manhattan skyline in the distance
Morning light at Cheesequake State Park (NJ), where we spent our first night
The subway replaced the van as the means of transportation in Manhattan
Studying texture, structure, and mineralogy of schists of the Cambrian-Ordovician Hartland Formation in Central Park
Will, Jessica, and Brian in the company of an F2 fold in the Hartland Formation
Now we've crossed Cameron's Line (a major regional thrust);
Anton and Andy ponder the Cambrian-Ordovician Manhattan Schist in Central Park
F3 folds in the Manhattan Schist in Central Park
Wooster Petrology in Central Park
Who greets you at the American Museum of Natural History?
A variety of tourmaline crystals at American Museum of Natural History
Esquel Meteorite, with abundant olivine crystals, at the American Museum of Natural History
Examining Cambrian (?) gneisses on top of Jenny Jump Mountain, at Jenny Jump State Forest (NJ) where we spent our second night
Jeff and Brian examine a sedimentary erratic on the ridge at Jenny Jump Mountain
Wooster Petrology on Shawangunk Formation sandstone/conglomerate (really quartzite) at the Delaware Water Gap
Cordy checking out the Shawangunk Formation
Jessica pondering the significance of the compositional maturity of the Shawangunk Formation