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  1. This panorama was taken at Government Island, Stafford County, Virginia. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Aquia Sandstone was mined at Government Island and used extensively in the construction of buildings in Washington D.C., including the White House and the U.S. Capitol. In time, the sandstone fell...

  2. This panorama was taken at Government Island, Stafford County, Virginia. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Aquia Sandstone was mined at Government Island and used extensively in the construction of buildings in Washington D.C., including the White House and the U.S. Capitol. In time, the sandstone fell...

  3. Shelf margin transect looking East

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  4. In this panorama, the Potomac River can be seen flowing through Mather Gorge in Great Falls Park. It was taken from the Virginia side of Great Falls, looking towards the Maryland side. Cliffs of metagraywacke line Mather Gorge, and have been dated at ~460 Ma. Steeply dipping lamprophyre dikes can be seen intruding into...

  5. In this panorama, the Potomac River can be seen flowing through Mather Gorge in Great Falls Park. It was taken from the Maryland side of Great Falls, looking towards the Virginia side. Cliffs of metagraywacke line Mather Gorge, and have been dated at ~460 Ma. Steeply dipping lamprophyre dikes can be seen intruding into...

  6. Large road cut exposing folded bedding of the Ordovician Bascom Formation. Road cut exposed on the south side of Rt 279 (Bennington Bypass). Bascom Formation - Interbedded dolomite, limestone or marble, calcareous sandstone, quartzite and limestone breccia; irregular dolomitic layers, thin sandy laminae, and slaty or...

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  7. The Parfrey's Glen Formation is a Cambrian sandstone and conglomerate that lies directly on top of the 1.7 billion year old Baraboo Quartzite. The cobbles you see are all quartzite-- at the time this was deposited, ocean waves were lapping up against cliffs of Baraboo Quartzite. Large storm events would drag heavy cobb...

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  8. The Parfrey's Glen Formation is a Cambrian sandstone and conglomerate that lies directly on top of the 1.7 billion year old Baraboo Quartzite. The cobbles you see are all quartzite-- at the time this was deposited, ocean waves were lapping up against cliffs of Baraboo Quartzite. Large storm events would drag heavy cobb...

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  9. This exposure of the Leesburg Conglomerate is poorly sorted, and dominated by limestone clasts. The Leesburg Conglomerate is located within the Culpeper basin, which was formed by Triassic rifting.

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  10. View 3 of 3. For comparison with this same scene in full flood: gigapan.com/gigapans/129569

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