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Moss Island - Footprints of the Ice Age: part 12 of 14

msameigh
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This segment describes Moss Island, a natural granite dam near Little Falls, NY that spanned what is today the Mohawk River basin. Moss Island is composed of some of the hardest mineral deposits found in Upstate New York including Adirondack granite and gneiss. The island is studded with chimney potholes formed when sediment swirled as huge volumes of meltwater flowed over the Moss Island formation. ...more
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Moss Island - Footprints of the Ice Age: part 12 of 14
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2009Jul 20
This segment describes Moss Island, a natural granite dam near Little Falls, NY that spanned what is today the Mohawk River basin. Moss Island is composed of some of the hardest mineral deposits found in Upstate New York including Adirondack granite and gneiss. The island is studded with chimney potholes formed when sediment swirled as huge volumes of meltwater flowed over the Moss Island formation.

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msameigh

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