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This great little anticline is one of several accessable from the Veach Gap trail in George Washington National Forest, Fort Valley, Virginia. The rocks are from the Massanutten formation, a Silurian quartz arenite to quartzite. The folds seen here are parasitic folds which relate to the larger Massanutten Synclinorium...
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This great little anticline is one of several accessable from the Veach Gap trail in George Washington National Forest, Fort Valley, Virginia. The rocks are from the Massanutten formation, a Silurian quartz arenite to quartzite. The folds seen here are parasitic folds which relate to the larger Massanutten Synclinorium...
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This is one of several exposures visable along the new Route 55 in West Virginia ( also known as Corridor H). This roadcut is through Silurian-age Tuscarora Formation although commonly referred to as "Tuscarora Sandstone", it is actually a quartzite. The Tuscarora Formation is made or a very clean quartz sandstone, int...
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This exposure of Cambrian Antietam Quartzite is along the Norfolk Southern Railroad west of Linden Virginia. This unit is a very clean quartzite with little to no impurities. Stratigraphically, the Antietam formation is the top of the Blue Ridge Anticlinorium. This exposure is on the western flank of the Anticlinorium....
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This roadcut is one of several exposed along the new West Virginia Route 55 or Corridor H, From Wardensville to Petersburg. This location is about .5 miles east of Baker WV and features some wacky folded limestones and shales. These are likely part of the Silurian-aged Tonoloway Formation. View of the Camera is lokk...
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This roadcut is one of several exposed along the newly constructed West Virginia Route 55, also known as Corridor H. This location is about 4 miles west of Baker WV and features a crisp anticlinal fold in red sandstone, siltstone and shale. These folded sedimentary strata are likely from the Devonian Greenland Gap Grou...
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This GigaPan was taken on Compton Peak in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. The view of the camera is looking roughly west back up the hill towards the peak. These columns are in Catoctin metabasalt and are arguably the best examples of columnar jointing in Virginia. Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-A...
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This Huge moncline was exposed as part of the construction of the new Route 55 in West Virginia. This is part of Hampshire formation. Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-Imagery Collection)
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This massive syncline is in the Devonian-aged cherty limestones and sandstones of the Helderburg Group. This is outcrop is featured along the newest stretch of the West Virginia new route 55, near the town of Forman. Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-Imagery Collection)
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Along the new New route 55 in West Virginia there are several fresh road cut exposures of Devonian-aged sediments. Exposed at this particular road cut are black and grey shales of the Brallier Formation. This is the western-most outcrop along the new route 55, which is just east of Petersburg. View is looking roughl...
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