﻿REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR lQ,IO 



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FACTORS FAVORING TPIE FORMATION OF THE DOMES 



The very common occurrence of exfoliation domes, in the region 

 under discussion, requires explanation and the writer believes they 

 are due to a combination of factors peculiar to this portion of the 

 southeastern Adirondacks. These factors may be discussed as 

 follows : 



1 Character and distribution of the rocks. The kind of rock, 

 syenite or granitic syenite, forming most of the typical domes is 



Fig. 2 Geologic and topographic sketch map of the southwestern corner of the North Creek 

 (,U. b. <_r. b.) sheet. Contour interval 100 feet. Conventions same as in figure 1 



very favorable because of its medium-grained texture and homo- 

 geneity in large masses. The closely associated Grenville rocks, 

 on the other hand, are very variable in composition, generally dis- 

 tinctly banded, and especially rich in limestone, this last feature 

 rendering the Grenville unusually weak and liable to erosion. So 

 far as the mapping has progressed the syenite-granite series and 



