Author: Joseph P. Smoot
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875906188
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 213. The Culpeper basin of northern Virginia and adjacent maryland is an elongate, north-northeast-trending half-graben containing a thick sequence of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic nonmarine sedimentary and igneous rocks. The basin is centrally located in a belt of exposed early Mesozoic troughs that roughly parallels the dominant Appalachian structural trend of the enclosing Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks and extends discontinously from South Carolina to Canada. The basins within this belt formed by extensional processes during the initial stages of continental fragmentation that ultimately led to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. Some preexisting thrust faults that influenced the shape and distribution of the basins were apparently reactivated as normal faults during this extensional event (Lindholm, 1978; Ratcliffe and Burton, 1985). The sedimentary rocks and basalt flows in these exposed basins are collectively referred to as the Newark Supergroup (Froelich and Olsen, 1985). These deposits are intruded by numerous Early Jurassic tholeiitic diabase dikes and sheets that thermally altered the enclosing sedimentary strata.
Fluvial and Lacustrine Facies of the Early Mesozoic Culpeper Basin, Virginia and Maryland
Author: Joseph P. Smoot
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875906188
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 213. The Culpeper basin of northern Virginia and adjacent maryland is an elongate, north-northeast-trending half-graben containing a thick sequence of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic nonmarine sedimentary and igneous rocks. The basin is centrally located in a belt of exposed early Mesozoic troughs that roughly parallels the dominant Appalachian structural trend of the enclosing Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks and extends discontinously from South Carolina to Canada. The basins within this belt formed by extensional processes during the initial stages of continental fragmentation that ultimately led to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. Some preexisting thrust faults that influenced the shape and distribution of the basins were apparently reactivated as normal faults during this extensional event (Lindholm, 1978; Ratcliffe and Burton, 1985). The sedimentary rocks and basalt flows in these exposed basins are collectively referred to as the Newark Supergroup (Froelich and Olsen, 1985). These deposits are intruded by numerous Early Jurassic tholeiitic diabase dikes and sheets that thermally altered the enclosing sedimentary strata.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875906188
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 213. The Culpeper basin of northern Virginia and adjacent maryland is an elongate, north-northeast-trending half-graben containing a thick sequence of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic nonmarine sedimentary and igneous rocks. The basin is centrally located in a belt of exposed early Mesozoic troughs that roughly parallels the dominant Appalachian structural trend of the enclosing Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks and extends discontinously from South Carolina to Canada. The basins within this belt formed by extensional processes during the initial stages of continental fragmentation that ultimately led to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. Some preexisting thrust faults that influenced the shape and distribution of the basins were apparently reactivated as normal faults during this extensional event (Lindholm, 1978; Ratcliffe and Burton, 1985). The sedimentary rocks and basalt flows in these exposed basins are collectively referred to as the Newark Supergroup (Froelich and Olsen, 1985). These deposits are intruded by numerous Early Jurassic tholeiitic diabase dikes and sheets that thermally altered the enclosing sedimentary strata.
Publications of the Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A Competitive Assessment of the U.S. Solid Wood Products Industry
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Category : Forest products industry
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Forest products industry
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Triassic-Jurassic Stratigraphy of the Culpeper and Barboursville Basins, Virginia and Maryland
Author: K. Y. Lee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A clarification of the Triassic-Jurassic stratigraphic sequences, sedimentation, and depositional environments.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A clarification of the Triassic-Jurassic stratigraphic sequences, sedimentation, and depositional environments.
Geology of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Potomac River Corridor, District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia
Author: Scott Southworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland, and the Washington, DC Metro Area
Author: Robert Beard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149301496X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich areas' of Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C., from the beaches to the mountains. It describes the areas' best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also describes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs. Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C. offers a complete introduction to this many-faceted hobby and is an invaluable sourcebook.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149301496X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
With this informative guide, you can explore the mineral-rich areas' of Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C., from the beaches to the mountains. It describes the areas' best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also describes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs. Rockhounding Delaware, Maryland, and Washington D.C. offers a complete introduction to this many-faceted hobby and is an invaluable sourcebook.
Hydrogeology Of, and Quality and Recharge Ages of Ground Water in Prince William County, Virginia, 1990-91
Author: David L. Nelms
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description