are referred to as part of the Trenton Prong. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manhattan Schist. Geology of Manhattan Sarah Bradford Landau; Carl...

schist, and is well suited for the foundations of Manhattan's skyscrapers. It is part of the Manhattan Prong physiographic region. Under the Köppen climate...

referred to as the Manhattan Prong. Staten Island Serpentinite is a southward extension of the New England Uplands. The Reading Prong is part of the Precambrian...

remnants of this orogeny. The Newark Lowlands of the Newark Basin extends into New York between the Hudson Highlands and the Manhattan Prong. The basin...

geological differences, such as Manhattan, which is instead part of the Manhattan Prong. The islands are separated from the mainland by a series of bays...

basin. The bedrock underlying much of Manhattan is a mica schist known as Manhattan schist of the Manhattan Prong physiographic region. It is a strong...

the Reading Prong and the Manhattan Prong. Numerous hills and mountains rise above the general level of the upland; except in the presence of mountains...

the local remnants of which are exposed and create the Housatonic Highlands, the New Jersey Highlands and the Manhattan prong (much of the Bronx). In general...

of the Newark Basin are varying geologic provinces. In southeastern New York, from Westchester County south to Staten Island, are the Manhattan Prong...

New York and Newark harbors. A small portion of the Pennsylvania Piedmont Highlands called the Trenton Prong extends into New Jersey through Trenton and...