THE CATSKILL GEOLOGISTS BY PROFESSORS ROBERT AND JOHANNA TITUS Dragonflies: Ancient Wing Structures and Evolutionary Advancements The modern world, with its diverse array of plants, animals, and dragonflies, showcases a rich ecology that has evolved over more than three billion years. Geologists, in the first half of the 19th century, were the first to perceive…
THE CATSKILL GEOLOGISTS BY PROFESSORS ROBERT AND JOHANNA TITUS Chemical weathering at Opus 40 This week we at last bring to an end our series of columns about the quarry at Opus 40, near Woodstock. We have spent a lot of time wandering the grounds at Opus 40 and we have seen a lot of…
THE CATSKILL GEOLOGISTS BY PROFESSORS ROBERT AND JOHANNA TITUS Opus 40 – Little Balls of Mud. We have been exploring the quarry at Opus 40, near Woodstock in recent months. This is just the sort of thing that geologists do all the time. We visit a new location and just poke around, seeing what we…
THE CATSKILL GEOLOGISTS BY PROFESSORS ROBERT AND JOHANNA TITUS Creepy Crawlers at Opus 40 When you are a geologist and are exploring a new location, you can expect to find something remarkable, even exciting things. That was the case with our visit to Opus 40. Take a look at our photo. That is one very…
THE CATSKILL GEOLOGISTS BY PROFESSORS ROBERT AND JOHANNA TITUS Opus 40, A Devonian Home? We always look into a sedimentary rock and see the sediment that lies within. At the Opus 40 quarry most of that sediment was sand. It has been cemented and thus petrified into the Catskill bluestone that we see all over…
THE CATSKILL GEOLOGISTS BY PROFESSORS ROBERT AND JOHANNA TITUS We try, as often as possible, to show you interesting structures and features that you can go and see for yourself in our regional bedrock. We will do this again in this column, but this week’s effort will definitely be above average. Take a look at…
