The geology of Virginia began to form at least 1.8 billion years ago. The oldest rocks in the state were metamorphosed during the Grenville orogeny, a...
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Piedmont (United States) (redirect from Geology of the Piedmont (United States))
and 800 feet to 1,000 feet (250 m to 300 m). Its geology is complex, with numerous rock formations of different materials and ages intermingled with one...
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West Virginia's geologic history stretches back into the Precambrian, and includes several periods of mountain building and erosion. At times, much of what...
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Earthquake Rocks Central Virginia" (PDF). What's New in Virginia Geology. Department of Geology, College of William & Mary. Archived from the original (PDF)...
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Brevard Fault (category Geology of Virginia)
indicated by the widespread presence of mylonitic and phyllonitic rocks. Geology of Georgia (U.S. state) Geology of North Carolina Robert D. Hatcher; Matthew...
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July 31, 2011. "Piedmont province". The Geology of Virginia. The College of William & Mary Department of Geology. Archived from the original on August 7...
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The Virginia Seismic Zone in the U.S. state of Virginia covers about 8,000 square kilometers (3,100 sq mi) in the Piedmont province. Earthquakes in the...
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April 23, 2011. "Piedmont province". The Geology of Virginia. The College of William & Mary Department of Geology. Archived from the original on August 7...
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New River (Kanawha River tributary) (redirect from New River (Virginia))
the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey and the National Park Service. This low-level crossing of the Appalachians, many millions of years old...
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Stratum (redirect from Strata (geology))
In geology and related fields, a stratum (pl.: strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that...
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February 6, 2015. "Piedmont province". The Geology of Virginia. The College of William & Mary Department of Geology. Archived from the original on August 7...
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Alexandria, Virginia: American Geological Institute. ISBN 0922152349. Allaby, Michael (2013). "Interdigitating". A dictionary of geology and earth sciences...
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William Barton Rogers (category University of Virginia faculty)
on the Geology of Virginia (New York, 1884). In 1835 Rogers also began serving as professor of "natural philosophy" at the University of Virginia (UVa)...
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The geology of the Appalachians dates back more than 1.2 billion years to the Mesoproterozoic era when two continental cratons collided to form the supercontinent...
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Bedrock (redirect from Subsurface (geology))
In geology, bedrock is solid rock that lies under loose material (regolith) within the crust of Earth or another terrestrial planet. Bedrock is the solid...
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July 23, 2011. "Piedmont province". The Geology of Virginia. The College of William & Mary Department of Geology. Archived from the original on August 7...
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Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (category Geology of Virginia)
Geology of Alabama Geology of Georgia Geology of Tennessee Geology of the Appalachians Virginia Seismic Zone "M4.6 Fort Payne, Alabama Earthquake of 29...
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Knox Supergroup (category Ordovician geology of Virginia)
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia" (PDF). Department of Energy Virginia. Beekmantown Geologic Unit, Geolex – Unit Summary, National Geologic Map Database. USGS/AASG...
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Calvert Formation (category Neogene geology of Virginia)
Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Miocene epoch of the Neogene...
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Trenton Group (category Ordovician geology of Virginia)
The Trenton Group is a geologic unit in Canada and Michigan, Ohio, New York State and Indiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia in the United States. It...
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2007, p. 33. ISBN 0-89933-327-3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: LeRoy, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System...
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Marcellus Formation (category Devonian geology of Virginia)
portal Geology of New Jersey Geology of Pennsylvania List of mapped rock formations in Pennsylvania Geology of West Virginia Interactive timeline of gas...
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Hokie Stone (category Geology of Virginia)
western Virginia. It gets its name from the traditional nickname attributed to students and alumni of Virginia Tech. Hokie Stone is quarried by Virginia Tech...
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Mount Rogers (redirect from Mount Rogers (Virginia))
2024-05-14. "Mount Rogers, Virginia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-04-20. "Blue Ridge province - The Geology of Virginia". Archived from the original...
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In geology and geomorphology, a hogback or hog's back is a long, narrow ridge or a series of hills with a narrow crest and steep slopes of nearly equal...
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Retrieved February 8, 2008. "Physiographic Regions of Virginia". The Geology of Virginia. College of William and Mary. July 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2020...
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Virginia. p. 24. ISBN 9780722246450. Wilkes, Gerald P. (2013) [2011]. "Geology of the Monterey Quadrangle, Virginia" (PDF). Charlottesville, Virginia:...
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Clinton Group (category Silurian geology of Virginia)
Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, though in many of these areas the same interval is referred to as the...
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In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included...
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town in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. The population was 302 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, and it is...
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