Ancient Mountains of the Northeast | Geology of Massachusetts' Taconic State Park
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- In this video, tag along with me on a hike through one of the most important and ancient mountain building events of the east coast's history. The Taconic Orogeny formed gigantic mountains in what is now northeastern USA. At Taconic State Park in Massachussetts, we can see the roots of these mountains, uncovered over millions of years by tectonic activity and erosion.
Here, the rocks tell us a story about what things were like deep underground during this time - millions of years before dinosaurs, or even trees, existed.
And as an added bonus, we get to see the winter beauty of the tallest waterfall in Massachusetts while learning about the ice sheet that covered much of North America during the last Ice Age.
PS/PSA: If you decide to ever go to this beautiful state park, please follow LNT (leave no trace) guidelines and be respectful to nature. I'm so grateful that places like this exist and are taken care of so wonderfully. Also, this place and places like it can be extremely dangerous - especially in the winter with ice and snow. So if you go here, or on any hikes in the winter, please be careful. Tell someone where you are going, be smart, and be present. :) Thanks for watching.
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Dinosaur tracks on rt5 Holyoke ma are pretty cool constant reminder of just how old our valley is ❤
Went here yesterday, all those sparkly silvery rocks in the stream bed. A very beautiful place to hike.
Its just amazing how this happened and we are here at this time to appreciate it's beauty! Thats some recipe of actions going on over time.
I've been going to those mountains and Bash Bish falls for over 40 years and I even tried gold panning in the upper and lover Bash Bish brook. I bought a rock hound guide just so I knew what I was walking on. Good Fun! Thanks
I love it there. :) I'm glad you got that book, it's a great resource. Thanks for watching!
@@Geobeck I wish I had brought the book with me as I have now retired to Ischia Italy, a volcano off the coast of Naples. Still there are plenty of resources online like yourself. Ciao!
I live in Massachusetts but lived up in the white mountains of NH Gorham to be exact and love rivers there my favorite
Note. The Shawangunks were relatively close to the ancient Taconics, thus the large sizes of the pebbles in the conglomerate there, and the heavier and more dense. (quartz) I grew up in Clinton, NY, 100 miles west of Albany. The rock there is also Silurian, but much finer in grain. I am not a geologist, but I speculate that the further west you go, the less heavy and finer grain the sediments become. By the way there is a henatite, named after Clinton, that stretches far to the south. They used to make iron in the 19th century, and for red paint until about 1960. Mostly, central NY is shale, and when I wss young my father took me to a quarry where we found crinoids and many cephalopods.
My A in earth science class failed to steer my life in that direction. These vids are compensating nicely, so thanks!
I’m happy you enjoy the vids!
@@Geobeck are you on Instagram at all?
My absolute favorite place in the world! I’m here almost weekly so it was fascinating to finally learn about these rocks! Thank you so much!
I'm glad you liked it! thanks!
Thank you thank you 🙏🏻 for sharing. I can’t explain how much I love this. Wish I could bottle up your knowledge.
This was very much what I'd like to see you do for the videos. Natural beauty and brain-food.
Thanks for the feedback!! I will definitely make more videos like this one :)
Glaciers are another amazing thing wow I notice the erratics n the ones that are scared from the retreating ice. I’m a rock hounder and live just south of Boston and we have lots of fossilized rocks and there pretty cool
Amazing to see the geology you're describing here taking place now in Iceland, so much of it is so young, and still losing its glaciers. I really admire your knowledge and enthusiasm for geology. 👍
I absolutely love the geology of western and Central mass !!! I have been to bash bish many many times and it is a unique and beautiful waterfall (as a side note, one of the last few places in mass. with true old growth forest, the hemlock grove at the peak overlooking the falls).
If you spend much time in western mass., consider taking a drive east on route 20 from Lee MA through to Chester MA, leaving Becket MA towards Chester you will see several different locations where the different orogenies are exposed showing the varied rock strata.
I may try to link a few good spots to stop at along the roadway, places I've visited to examine the geology.
thank you very much, very much Geo Beck
Love your videos beck well done on doing geology one of my biggest regrets was not getting my geology degree
There's a great book, "The Rise and Fall of the Taconic Mountains" by Donald Fisher
I've heard of it!
If you want an amazing example of glacial erratics you should go to balance rock near pittsfield state park
Also excellent!!!
Very nicely done !!
Excellent content.
Loved it!
Hi there Geo Beck, I'm a geologist and teacher here in the Albany, NY area. I'm pretty good with the local stratigraphy, If you would like talk just let me know! Nice work!
What a great video. I got the information from your mom. Good luck!
thanks so much! I appreciate it
Wonderful, beautiful and very interesting, thanks for sharing Becky.
I love this place!!! The elevated platforms at the campgrounds set me up like a king and the trails / scenery are gorgeous. I’ve never been there in the wintertime tho
Great video! Thanks for these!!!
Thanks for watching!🤓
nice you just made me understand my valley more :) you would love it here in Slovenija.
❤️See! & im always tryn to explain how cool all geology is but they think ive become a geo-nerd idk maybe i am. Still ill never meet an informative, smart & funni girl. Like why?!🤷😆. Thanx! it was cool😎
NY!
Amazing
thank you! the rocks can tell us so much about the history of a place :)
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I really enjoy your videos! I’ve mentioned it before but you should consider teaching!! Check out AMNH MAT!
thank you so much Julie! I remember you telling me about that program, it seems amazing I'll definitely look into it more.
Interesting vid...check out Nick Zentner cwu prof west coast geology vids
I'm a little scared for you doing these videos alone. Please be careful !