The Fall Zone delineates the boundary between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont. Here rivers draining the Piedmont drop steeply to sea level and in the process form dramatic rapids.
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The Fall Zone delineates the boundary between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont. Here rivers draining the Piedmont drop steeply to sea level and in the process form dramatic rapids.
This exposure in a pasture near Cuckoo exposes a poly-deformed hornblende and plagioclase-rich gneiss. Foliation in the gneiss has been refolded. Another interesting feature is the presence of garbenschiefer or “feather amphibolite.” This unusual texture is defined by stellate and featherlike hornblende clusters in the plane of foliation. Three amphibole species occur in this rock […]
On July 1, 2016, Governor Terry McCauliffe signed a bill into law that made nelsonite the first official state rock of Virginia. The initiative for this project was led by students from Piedmont Virginia Community College. Michelle Stanislaus and her classmates from their Historical Geology class and Government class ran the petition for this law starting […]
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