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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Micrograph of Deformed Quartz Sandstone
This micrograph colorfully illustrates deformed quartz grains in a well-cemented quartz sandstone from the Cambrian Antietam Formation, a prominent geologic unit in the Blue Ridge geologic province. Many of the individual sand grains are elongated (~horizontal orientation), but not recrystallized. Photo taken in cross polarized light with the gypsum plate inserted.
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