Posted Feb 18, 2015, 1:46 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Upper Midtown has bedrock that is measured in a few feet given how close it is. Its very close to the surface. Actually, if you go to Central Park, you can see exposed bedrock spewing from the ground. Right around the Plaza, theres actually a formation present that people can sit on. While most of Central Park is man made, there are natural elements to it such as the cuttings of schist and a mix of gneiss. You could also tell there was glacial activity in the area (hence the formation of palisades and the region, given the way it looks, and this types of striations and what not in the formations). These cuttings tend to be smooth polished too indicating it. Well, without going too too into it, this bedrock allows for many of Manhattan's skyscrapers.
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