Taughannock Falls - Park Road - Ulysses
Taughannock Falls - Park Road - Ulysses
Located in Tompkins County
Image courtesy of William Kelly
Type: Roadside.
Features: Igneous event that took place 145 million years ago; dikes crosscut Devonian
shales displaying age relationships; kimberlite dikes.
Feature Type: Igneous.
Reference: NYS Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, 79th Annual Meeting 2007; Kimberlitic Rocks of Central New York.
For online reference please visit - www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html
Quadrangle: Ludlowville.
Reason for Designation: Dikes crosscut the Devonian shales showing age relationships. The site provides insights on the igneous event that took place 145 million years ago.