My Place in the Finger Lakes Teacher Institute Geology of the Finger Lakes

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My Place in the Finger Lakes Teacher Institute
Geology of the Finger Lakes
Emily Golson, Undergraduate, William Smith
College Christine Smith, Environmental Educator,
Finger Lakes State Parks Sheila Myers, Education
Outreach Coordinator, Finger Lakes Institute
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Geology of the Finger Lakes

• Over thousands of years, gigantic glaciers and
  coursing streams carved this landscape shared by
  generations of people

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Pleistocene Glaciations
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Process of Glaciation
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Rock Debris
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Valley Heads Moraine
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Modern Cayuga Lake
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Deposition of Valley Heads Moraine (14
ka)Proglacial lake level 1060 feet above sea
level
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Proglacial Lake IthacaLake level 980 feet
above sea level
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Proglacial Lake NewberryLake level 900 feet
above sea level
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Modern Cayuga Lake 385 ft. above sealevel
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Valley Heads Moraine and State Parks
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Glacial Retreat
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Cornell
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State Park Overview
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Intro to State Parks
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Map of the State Parks
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Map of the State Parks
Letchworth
Filmore Glen
Taughannock Falls
Buttermilk Falls
Robert H. Treman
Watkins Glen
www.nysparks.state.ny.us/regions/finger_lakes.asp
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Finger Lakes Watershed
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Uniqueness of the Gorges
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General Flora in the Gorges Glens
Mosses on Wall
White Pine Needles
Hemlock Trees- Like shady, cool environment
Brook Lobelia
Bulblet Ferns
Conehead liverworts
Maidenhair Spleenwort
Columbine Flower
Lichens on Boulder
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History and Geology of the State Parks
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History of Taughannock
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Limestone
Vinegar or Hydrochloric Acid
Shale
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Activity Erosional Processes Over Time
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History of Watkins Glen
Mill at Watkins Glen entrance ca.1890
Tourists 1873
Entrance Pass 1890s
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Watkins Glen YouTube Video

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vPKPTBNxjtJ4

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History of Robert H. Treman
Old Mill
Lucifer Falls
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Robert H. Treman YouTube Video

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v8HENDVI-fRU

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History of Buttermilk Falls
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Activities

• 1. How are fossils buried?
• 2. Identifying fossils

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History of Fillmore Glen
Old Mill
Millard Fillmore
Boulder Falls
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History of Letchworth
Glen Iris Inn
Lawn of Glen Iris Inn
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Letchworth Erosion Google Earth

• http//www.canandaiguaschools.org/webpages/dedrick
  r/index.cfm?subpage10964

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Activity Topography
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References

• Teaching Geology in the Field
• http//www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/mar07.html
• Various Geology of the Finger Lakes Slides
• http//fli.hws.edu/myplace/FL_Geology.pdf
• Modern Cayuga Lake
• http//www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/hs/teache
  rs/fermann/documents/IthacaisGorges1_000.pdf
• Glacial Retreat
• http//www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/classes/RWA/EAS
  _210/General/FL_topo/LakeMovie.html
• History and Geology of the Finger Lakes
• www.nysparks.com
• www.gowaterfalling.com
• www.nyfalls.com
• USGS maps/Topography exercise with instructions
• http//fli.hws.edu/myplace/Directions20to20Make
  20Modelhtm.htm
• http//store.usgs.gov/locator/
• Also Visit
• http//www.priweb.org/ed/finger_lakes/nystate_geo1
  .html
• Friends of Letchworth web site to get a heads-up
  on what activities are coming up.
• http//walrus.wr.usgs.gov/seds/bedforms/animation.
  html