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Credits

Geology of the Lehigh Gorge was completed as part of a Masters Thesis project by Matthew Wendell with the cooperation of the state of Pennsylvania, Lehigh University, and the Lehigh Earth Observatory (LEO). Funding was provided by Lehigh University and EDMAP.

Production

Geology of the Lehigh Gorge was produced by Matt Wendell.

Dr. Alec M. Bodzin provided production and content assistance.

Field work assistance, technical support and Web page design was provided by Matthew Bossert.

images appearing in this lab were obtained from sources below:

3-D cross section of an anticline and syncline. Copyright Pamela W. Gore, 1998, all rights reserved. Original image available online at:
http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/relativedating.htm

Geologic map and legend are reproduced from Geologic Map of Georgia, 1977 (1:2,000,000), compiled by David E. Lawton, available from Georgia Geologic Survey. All rights reserved. Original image available online at:
http://home.att.net/~cochrans/gmaprv01.htm

LANDSAT image of the Valley and Ridge, Harrisburg, PA, 1999. Copyright NASA, all rights reserved. Original image available online at:
rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Sect1/examq.html


Axial Plane Pictures of Anticline. Copyright Diane Nowlan, 2002, all rights reserved. Original image available online at:
http://dnowlan.ca/VM/science7/planetearth/mountains.htm


Diagram of strike and dip; Compression, tension and shear stress diagram. Copyright Earth Science Australia, 1996, all rights reserved. Original images are available online at;
http://earthsci.org/aboutus/aboutus.html


Special thanks to:
Dr. Frank Pazzaglia, and Dr. David Anastasio for content review, support and assistance during the entire Lehigh Gorge project.

The Lehigh Gorge State Park administration for support of field work.

Lower Lehigh River Gorge Map and Flythrough:
Copyright Matthew Wendell, all rights reserved.

Photo Credits
All photographs used in the Lehigh Gorge Web site are Copyright Matthew Bossert and Matt Wendell, all rights reserved.

 

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