Suburban Evidence (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Suburban Evidence

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In Clifton, New Jersey, a massive basalt flow (black rock on left) from the time of the End Triassic is exposed in a former quarry, now located behind a retirement home. Reddish sedimentary rocks signaling the extinction itself lie to the far right.

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Paul Olsen/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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