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Title
Silt-clay sedimentary dike
Description
Silt-clay sedimentary dike in the silt shale underlying the Pittsburgh red beds. Dotted area outlines the clay filled joint. This is in the lower cut terrace of a major landslide area. These lower materials do not show any sign of movement. Location: I-279, Legislative Route 1016 Section 12, near Glenfield, Pa. Shown on N.A.G.T. (National Association of Geoscience Teachers) Field trip 1973 pg. 2-1 in guidebook.; #15-A
Location Covered
Allegheny
Original Format
Photographs
Note
Date of photograph not known. Jesse Craft's tenure with the Survey, 1972-1979.
Contact
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Contributing Institution
Pennsylvania Geological Survey
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
