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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  

  

  Along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  ridge 
  sandstones 
  and 
  shales 
  of 
  Hudson 
  river 
  

   age 
  are 
  seen 
  with 
  dips 
  essentially 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  overlying 
  

   limestones. 
  The 
  contact 
  was 
  found. 
  Opposite 
  West 
  Camp 
  station 
  

   the 
  several 
  limestones 
  end 
  in 
  succession 
  and 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   ridge 
  is 
  considerably 
  decreased. 
  It 
  continues 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  

   presenting 
  frequent 
  outdrops 
  of 
  Hudson 
  river 
  shales 
  and 
  fine- 
  

   grained 
  gray-brown 
  sandstones. 
  Half 
  a 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  termina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  limestones 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  beds 
  present 
  a 
  continua- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  synclinal 
  with 
  dips 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  of 
  forty 
  degrees 
  to 
  

   fifty 
  degrees 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  and 
  a 
  gentle 
  anticlinal 
  on 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  side. 
  

  

  The 
  anticlinal 
  valley 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  geosynclinal 
  ridge 
  is 
  flat 
  

   bottomed 
  with 
  many 
  small 
  ridges 
  of 
  Hudson 
  river 
  shales 
  and 
  

   sandstones 
  occurring 
  at 
  intervals. 
  This 
  valley 
  widens 
  southward 
  

   and 
  merges 
  into 
  the 
  high 
  terrace 
  level 
  which 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  bank 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river. 
  On 
  its 
  west 
  side 
  there 
  are 
  low 
  cliffs 
  of 
  

   waterlime, 
  Tentaculite 
  and 
  Pentamerus 
  limestone 
  which 
  dip 
  off 
  

   to 
  the 
  westward, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  (plate 
  2). 
  These 
  cliffs 
  

   have 
  Hudson 
  river 
  slates 
  and 
  sandstones 
  at 
  their 
  base 
  for 
  some 
  

   distance. 
  But 
  basal 
  contacts 
  were 
  not 
  found 
  here 
  nor 
  for 
  several 
  

   miles 
  southward, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  whether 
  the 
  coralline 
  

   (Niagara 
  limestone) 
  is 
  present. 
  Above 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  this 
  ridge 
  

   the 
  lower 
  Shaly, 
  Becraft, 
  upper 
  Shaly 
  and 
  Oriskany 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  widely 
  exposed. 
  On 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  valley 
  mainly 
  

   in 
  lower 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  Esopus 
  shales, 
  and 
  this 
  formation 
  extends 
  

   therein 
  to 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Asbury 
  to 
  Katsbaan. 
  At 
  Asbury 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  limestones 
  are 
  exposed 
  over 
  a 
  considerable 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  

   summit 
  and 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  ridge 
  sloping 
  to 
  the 
  Beaverkill, 
  beyond 
  

   which 
  rises 
  the 
  steep 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  Hamilton 
  hills. 
  

  

  The 
  Pentamerus 
  outcrop 
  extends 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Saugerties, 
  with 
  the 
  overlying 
  limestones 
  

   exposed 
  in 
  the 
  crest 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  ridge. 
  At 
  a 
  

   point 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  south 
  of 
  West 
  Camp 
  station 
  a 
  small 
  

   fold 
  crosses 
  the 
  belt 
  and 
  gives 
  rise 
  to 
  a 
  noticeable 
  offset 
  in 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  Pentamerus 
  ledges. 
  A 
  short 
  distance 
  south 
  of 
  this 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  depression 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  crosses, 
  and 
  two 
  miles 
  

   north 
  of 
  Saugerties 
  the 
  ridge 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  the 
  West 
  Shore 
  

  

  