Processing sediment cuttings from a borehole in Accomack County, VA

Processing sediment cuttings from a borehole in Accomack County, Virginia. The hydrogeologic framework of the Virginia Eastern Shore is based on borehole information. Geologic relations among, compositions of, and configurations of aquifers and confining units were determined from geologists’ logs of sediment cores and cuttings and from borehole geophysical logs. Hydrogeologic investigation of the Virginia Eastern Shore was undertaken jointly by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA DEQ) as part of the USGS Cooperative Studies Program.