Post-doc Xiaotao Yang and Assistant Professor Dr. Haiying Gao clarify origin story of Adirondacks

Fall scene of forest-clad Adirondack mountains upon mountains fading into distance.

The formation mechanism of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York has long posed a geologic mystery, say seismology researchers at the nearby University of Massachusetts Amherst. A few have been proposed, but until recently tools for evaluating them were not in place, say Geosciences postdoctoral fellow Xiaotao Yang and assistant professor Haiying Gao. Read more...