Natural Selections

The Adirondacks: new mountains, really old rocks


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The Adirondacks may be "new," but the rock is a billion years old, pushed up through the newer rock of the Champlain region. Mixed in, the remains of even older rock can be found in pockets and veins - blue calcite laid down by warm oceans before the evolution of coral. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager get geological.
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