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N82x w York State Museum Bulletin 



ition pending for admission as second-class matter at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., 

 under the act of August 24, 1912 



Published monthly by The University of the State of New York 



No. 183 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



March i, 1916 



The University of the State of New York 

 New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



GLACIAL GEOLOGY OF THE SARATOGA 

 __^ QUADRANGLE 





HOY 26 1935 



BY 



JAMES H. STOLLER 



PAGE 



Introduction 7 



Physical geography 8 



Direction of movement of the ice . . 11 

 Erosive effects of ice movement. . . 13 

 Description and interpretation of 



the deposits. 14 



The development of the Hudson 



channel from Corinth eastward 28 



PAGE 



Evidences of an interglacial epoch 32 



The epoch of flooded waters 35 



Source of the flooded waters 39 



The closing stages of the glacial 



period 42 



Recent deposits 43 



Review and summary : . 45 



Index 49 



ALBANY 



THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

 1916 



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