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- Folded contact between New Market Formation (lower) and Lincolnshire Formation (upper), Staunton, Virginia by Callan Bentley
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A lovely exposure (though rather harshly lit) of the contact between two Cambro-Ordovician limestones in the Shenandoah Valley. Geologic map of the site is here: ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/pdp/zui_viewer.pl?id=14868
The same contact can be seen in the vicinity of Strasburg, Virginia, here:
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- Kink banding in Laurel Formation of Rock Creek Shear Zone, Broad Branch, Washington, DC by Callan Bentley
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An exposure of highly foliated metasedimentary rock (metagraywacke) of the Laurel Formation in Broad Branch, part of Rock Creek Park, in northwest Washington, DC.
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- Kink banding in Laurel Formation of Rock Creek Shear Zone, Broad Branch, Washington, DC by Callan Bentley
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An exposure of highly foliated metasedimentary rock (metagraywacke) of the Laurel Formation in Broad Branch, part of Rock Creek Park, in northwest Washington, DC.
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Cambrian-aged Harpers Formation meta-mudstone exposed on the property of Arlington, Virginia's outdoor education facility, the Phoebe Hall Knipling Outdoor Lab.
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Outcrop of the late-Ordovician-aged Martinsburg Formation (turbidites/flysch) shed off the Taconian Orogen to the east into the adjacent deep marine basin. The strata were later tilted and cleaved during Alleghanian mountain-building.
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A recumbent fold is exposed in the walls of an abandoned limestone quarry next to the Shenandoah River in Page County, Virginia.
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A recumbent fold is exposed in the walls of an abandoned limestone quarry next to the Shenandoah River in Page County, Virginia.
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Outcrop of the late-Ordovician-aged Martinsburg Formation (turbidites/flysch) shed off the Taconian Orogen to the east into the adjacent deep marine basin. The strata were later tilted and cleaved during Alleghanian mountain-building.
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Outcrop of the late-Ordovician-aged Martinsburg Formation (turbidites/flysch) shed off the Taconian Orogen to the east into the adjacent deep marine basin. The strata were later tilted and cleaved during Alleghanian mountain-building.
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This outcrop of the late Ordovician Martinsburg Formation is located on Route 644 in Shenandoah County, about 20 feet above the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. GigaPan Stitch seems to have had some issues putting it together, which is frustrating. Still, there's a lot to be seen. At this outcrop, bedding is o...
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