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<b>135-65 million years ago</b><br>
Long Island's bedrock has already formed. Sediments from the Appalacians are deposited in a delta that includes Long Island. These sediments become Long Island's second layer.<p>
This series of graphics and animations are artists' renderings
of how Long Island may have evolved.<p>
SOURCE: Herbert Mills, Nassau County Division of Museums; Henry Bokuniewicz,
State University of New York at Stony Brook; PALEOMAP Project,
University of Texas at Arlington; "Eastern Long Island Geology with Field Trips";
United States Geological Survey; "The Geological History of Long Island",
Educational Leaflet No. 15 of the Nassau County Museum; "Roadside Geology of New York";
National Geographic World Atlas; "Icebergs and Glaciers"; "The Geological History
of New York State"; "Planet Earth: Glacier"; "Physical Geology".

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135-65 million years ago
Long Island's bedrock has already formed. Sediments from the Appalacians are deposited in a delta that includes Long Island. These sediments become Long Island's second layer.
This series of graphics and animations are artists' renderings of how Long Island may have evolved.
SOURCE: Herbert Mills, Nassau County Division of Museums; Henry Bokuniewicz, State University of New York at Stony Brook; PALEOMAP Project, University of Texas at Arlington; "Eastern Long Island Geology with Field Trips"; United States Geological Survey; "The Geological History of Long Island", Educational Leaflet No. 15 of the Nassau County Museum; "Roadside Geology of New York"; National Geographic World Atlas; "Icebergs and Glaciers"; "The Geological History of New York State"; "Planet Earth: Glacier"; "Physical Geology".

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