Dunes at False Cape State Park in Virginia Beach. Dunes are common features along the Virginia coast.
Dunes are common landforms along Virginia’s sandy coast and its barrier islands.
Dunes at False Cape State Park
August 9, 2016 by ·
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Nottoway Falls
Nottoway Falls is an impressive set of cascades along the Nottoway River in the south-central Piedmont. Here the Nottoway River forms an impressive knick zone, dropping ~30 meters (~100′) in less than 1 kilometer (0.6 mi.). A strongly lineated granitic gneiss is well-exposed during low water conditions. The origin of this knick zone is poorly […]
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Virginia is for Lavas- The Catoctin Formation
Many of the highest peaks in Shenandoah National Park (including Hawksbill, Stony Man, and Hightop Mountain, just to name a few) are underlain by distinctive bluish-green rocks that were once ancient lava flows (Virginia is for Lavas!), and are part of a geologic unit known as the Catoctin Formation. From the presidential retreat at Camp David to Jefferson’s […]