New York State Museum 



PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN NEW YORK 

 INTRODUCTION 



The work during the summer and autumn, of 1900 was in con- 

 tinuation of the study of the glacial lake history of the western 

 half of the state, which had been prosecuted for several years. 

 The territory lying between the Tonawanda and Limestone 

 creeks, covering the interesting district of the '^ Finger lakes," 

 and the Genesee valley, had already been covered in a general 

 way. The results of these vacation studies have been published 

 in several papers in the scientific journals since 1895.^ 



Three districts were examined during the season of 1900, as 

 follows: 



1 A special study was made of the Iroquois shore line between 

 Richland and Watertown, and the constructional features were 

 mapped. The study had special reference to rate of differential 

 elevation of the beach. 



2 In eastward extension of the previous investigation, the ter- 

 ritory between Syracuse and Oneida was studied with special 



^ Glacial lakes of western New York. Geol. soc. Am. Bui. Ap. 1895. 6: 

 353-74. 



Lake Newberry the probable successor of Lake Warren. Ibid. 6:462-66. 



Kame-moraine at Rochester N. Y. Am. geol. July 1895. 16:39-51. 



Physical characters of Monroe county and adjacent territory. Roch. 

 acad. sci. Proc. Jaji. 1896. 3:28-38. 



Kame areas in western New York, south of Irondequoit and Sodus bays. 

 Jour. geol. Feb.-Mar. 1896. 4:129-59. 



Glacial Genesee lakes. Geol. soc. Am. Bui. 1896. 7:423-52. 



Lake Warren shore lines in western New York, and the Geneva beach. 

 Geol. soc. Am. Bui. Mar. 1897. 8:269-86. 



Glacial geology of western New York. Geol. mag. Lond. Decade 4. Dec. 

 1897. 4:529-37. 



Glacial geology in America. Am. ass'n adv. sci. Proc. Aug. 1896. 

 47:257-90; Am. geol. 22:154-89; Sci. Am. Sup. Sep. 1898. nos. 1183-85. 



Kettles in glacial lake deltas. Jour. geol. Sep.-Oct. 1898. 6:589-96. 



Glacial waters in the Finger lakes region of New York. Geol. soc. Am. 

 Bui. Feb. 1899. 10:27-68. 



Glacial lakes Newberry, Warren and Dana in central New York. Am. 

 jour. sci. Ap. 1899. 7:249-63. 



