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Geology of the Waynesboro East and Waynesboro West Quadrangles, Virginia Geology of the Waynesboro East and Waynesboro West Quadrangles, Virginia
The Waynesboro East and Waynesboro West Quadrangles comprise an area of approximately 117 square miles (304 sq km) in portions of Albemarle, Augusta, and Nelson counties in north-central Virginia. Included in the quadrangles are portions of the Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Valley and Ridge physiographic provinces and two major regional structures - the Blue Ridge anticlinoriurm and the...
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Thomas M. Gathright, William S. Henika, John L. Sullivan
Geology of the Greenfield and Sherando quadrangles, Virginia Geology of the Greenfield and Sherando quadrangles, Virginia
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Mervin J. Bartholomew
Geology of the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia Geology of the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
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Thomas M. Gathright
Geology and mineral resources of Page County Geology and mineral resources of Page County
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R. M. Allen
Geology and mineral resources of Frederick County Geology and mineral resources of Frederick County
No abstract available.
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Charles Butts, R.S. Edmundson
Ground-water features of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties Ground-water features of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties
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Paul Peter Bieber
Geology and mineral resources of Rockingham County Geology and mineral resources of Rockingham County
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W.B. Brent
Lower Middle Ordovician stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Lower Middle Ordovician stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
In classifying the lower Middle Ordovician of the Shenandoah Valley, the formation names Stones River, Mosheim, Lenoir, Holston, Whitesburg, and Athens have been used without adequate evidence. Detailed study shows that the so-called Athens and Whitesburg, as developed near Harrisonburg, are laterally continuous with the greater part of the Chambersburg limestone, which is supposed to be...
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B.N. Cooper, G.A. Cooper
Industrial limestones and dolomites in Virginia: northern and central parts of the Shenandoah Valley Industrial limestones and dolomites in Virginia: northern and central parts of the Shenandoah Valley
The area described in this report includes the northern and central parts of Shenandoah Valley in Virginia extending from the West Virginia line southwestward to the vicinity of Greenville, Augusta County. It contains extensive deposits of high-calcium limestone averaging more than 97 per cent calcium carbonate. The Mosheim limestone, composed largely of high-calcium limestone, is the...
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R.S. Edmundson
Ridge-making thin sandstone in Frederick County, Virginia: Chapter C Ridge-making thin sandstone in Frederick County, Virginia: Chapter C
It is generally recognized that massive thick-bedded sandstones and relatively weak shales and soluble limestones form characteristic surface features. The uncommon effect of a thin argillaceous sandstone in producing ridges in an area in northern Virginia, in which the writer has recently done detailed field work, is briefly described in this paper. This bed, with an average thickness...
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R.S. Edmundson
Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties
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George P. Grimsley, I.C. White