The Lower Manlius is 410 MYA. These rocks only covered around 10% of the JBT cliff. The Lower Manlius Rocks were Gray with some scattered white. When we traveled down and up the cliff face, I noticed that this type of rock was coarse and fine grained, had well sorted, had arranged layers, and horizontal beds. These rocks were jagged, a lot of uneven small, tiny 2 cm layers. At this time, New York was flooded by the Appalachian Basin and groups of rocks were deposited in a shallow flat sea. The lack of mud says that land would have been higher. The Taconic Mountains eroded a lot. Both the Upper and Lower Manlius were built during when the Manlius limestone was located in an intertidal place. The mud cracks and ripple marks says that while the Lower Manlius Rock layer was being built, the land was a lagoon environment. At this time, there was more sea life. There were coral reef and mollusk fossils located in the manlius at this
The Lower Manlius is 410 MYA. These rocks only covered around 10% of the JBT cliff. The Lower Manlius Rocks were Gray with some scattered white. When we traveled down and up the cliff face, I noticed that this type of rock was coarse and fine grained, had well sorted, had arranged layers, and horizontal beds. These rocks were jagged, a lot of uneven small, tiny 2 cm layers. At this time, New York was flooded by the Appalachian Basin and groups of rocks were deposited in a shallow flat sea. The lack of mud says that land would have been higher. The Taconic Mountains eroded a lot. Both the Upper and Lower Manlius were built during when the Manlius limestone was located in an intertidal place. The mud cracks and ripple marks says that while the Lower Manlius Rock layer was being built, the land was a lagoon environment. At this time, there was more sea life. There were coral reef and mollusk fossils located in the manlius at this