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This is a "doomed" outcrop of the Miocene-aged (~14 Ma) Calvert Formation on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. "Bed 14," a distinctive fossiliferous unit, is exposed here thanks to the effort of one of the local landowners. In a month or two, this entire outcrop will be permanently covered with "hard stabilization" ...
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This is a "doomed" outcrop of the Miocene-aged (~14 Ma) Calvert Formation on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. "Bed 14," a distinctive fossiliferous unit, is exposed here thanks to the effort of one of the local landowners. In a month or two, this entire outcrop will be permanently covered with "hard stabilization" ...
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This is a "doomed" outcrop of the Miocene-aged (~14 Ma) Calvert Formation on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. "Bed 14," a distinctive fossiliferous unit, is exposed here thanks to the effort of one of the local landowners. In a month or two, this entire outcrop will be permanently covered with "hard stabilization" ...
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- Klingle Valley metaconglomerate, Laurel Formation, Rock Creek Shear Zone, Washington, DC by Callan Bentley
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Strained metaconglomerate that crops out in a stream in Klingle Valley, DC. A slightly lower-positioned, closer version of this same outcrop is imaged in this second GigaPan: gigapan.com/gigapans/128509
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Acadian turbidites, folded during the Alleghanian Orogeny. Look for slickensides, trace fossils, turbidity current structures. For more information on the Brallier, check out this map of the location: ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/pdp/zui_viewer.pl?id=8643

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This is a "doomed" outcrop of the Miocene-aged (~14 Ma) Calvert Formation on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. "Bed 14," a distinctive fossiliferous unit, is exposed here thanks to the effort of one of the local landowners. In a month or two, this entire outcrop will be permanently covered with "hard stabilization" ...
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This is a "doomed" outcrop of the Miocene-aged (~14 Ma) Calvert Formation on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. "Bed 14," a distinctive fossiliferous unit, is exposed here thanks to the effort of one of the local landowners. In a month or two, this entire outcrop will be permanently covered with "hard stabilization" ...
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- Klingle Valley metaconglomerate, Laurel Formation, Rock Creek Shear Zone, Washington, DC by Callan Bentley
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Strained metaconglomerate that crops out in a stream in Klingle Valley, DC. Note the prominent granite intrusion. PINK = Granite contact BLUE = Sericite after staurolite pseudomorphs YELLOW = Outlines of stretched clasts within the metaconglomerate GREEN = Edges of lichens growing on the surface of the outcrop ...
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- Klingle Valley metaconglomerate, Laurel Formation, Rock Creek Shear Zone, Washington, DC by Callan Bentley
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Strained metaconglomerate that crops out in a stream in Klingle Valley, DC. This is a slightly higher-resolution shoot of the same scene depicted here: gigapan.com/gigapans/128504
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This is a "doomed" outcrop of the Miocene-aged (~14 Ma) Calvert Formation on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. "Bed 14," a distinctive fossiliferous unit, is exposed here thanks to the effort of one of the local landowners. In a month or two, this entire outcrop will be permanently covered with "hard stabilization" ...
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