A Resource for Information on the Commonwealth's Geology
Cumberland Gap, elevation 506 m (1,660′), in the far southwestern corner of Virginia is a wind gap near the geographic triple point* between Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The gap has long been an important crossing point through the Appalachian Mountains, and lies at the western edge of the Valley & Ridge province with the Appalachian Plateau province […]
The level of the sea has been measured at Sewells Point, Virginia continuously since 1928. In 1928 the mean level of the sea was ~45 cm ( ~18″) lower than it is in 2016. Sea level rise and regional land subsidence is creating an ever-growing problem in Hampton Roads and most of coastal Virginia.
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 […]