Download or read book Geology of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Potomac River Corridor District of Columbia Maryland West Virginia and Virginia written by Scott Southworth and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geology of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Potomac River Corridor District of Columbia Maryland West Virginia and Virginia written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is 184.5 mi long and extends from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Md. The canal passes through three physiographic provinces including the Piedmont, Valley and Ridge, and the Blue Ridge; the map area also includes rocks of the Coastal Plain and Appalachian Plateaus provinces. Each province contains unique packages of rocks that influenced the character of the canal and towpath. The ages of the bedrock encountered along the length of the park range from Mesoproterozoic to Jurassic and represent a variety of tectonic and depositional environments. The different rock types and surficial deposits dictated the various construction methods for the canal, which was excavated in Quaternary flood-plain deposits as well as through bedrock. The ancient course of the Potomac River and the deposits it left behind also influenced the location of the canal and towpath. The engineers made good use of the many rock types to construct the locks, dams, aqueducts, and culverts that guided water from the Potomac River into the canal and maintained the water level as canal boats traveled between higher elevations in western Maryland to sea level in Washington, D.C. The canal and towpath provide a unique transect across the central Appalachian region for examining the rich geologic diversity and history.
Download or read book Geology of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Potomac River Corridor District of Columbia Maryland West Virginia and Virginia written by Scott Southworth and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geology of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Potomac River Corridor Distric of Columbia Maryland West Virginia and Virginia written by Scott Southworth and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tripping from the Fall Line written by David K. Brezinski and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Emanating from the Fall Line city of Baltimore, site of the 2015 GSA Annual Meeting, these trips reflect the diversity of geological features in the mid-Atlantic region including the Piedmont, Appalachian Mountains, and Coastal Plain, and the importance of geology on the development and construction of the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., metropolitan area"--
Download or read book Geology of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Potomac River Corridor Etc U S Geological Survey Open File Report 01 188 Disc 1 2001 CD ROM written by and published by . This book was released on 2001* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rocks and Rifles written by Scott Hippensteel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the relationship between geology and fighting during the American Civil War. Terrain was largely determined by the underlying rocks and how the rocks weathered. This book explores the difference in rock type between multiple battlegrounds and how these rocks influenced the combat, tactics, and strategies employed by the soldiers and their commanding officers at different scales.
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Download or read book Global Heritage Stone written by J.T. Hannibal and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage stones are building and ornamental stones that have special significance in human culture. The papers in this volume discuss a wide variety of such materials, including stones from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. Igneous (basalt, porphyry, granite), sedimentary (sandstone, limestone) and metamorphic (marble, quartzite, gneiss, soapstone, slate) stones are featured. These have been utilized over long periods of time for a wide range of uses contributing to the historic fabric of the built environment. Many of these stones are of international significance, and so are potential Global Heritage Stone Resources, that is stones that have the requisite qualities for international recognition by the Heritage Stones Subcommission of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The papers bring together diverse information on these stones ranging from their geological setting and quarry locations to mechanical properties, current availability, and uses over time. As such the papers can serve as an entry into the literature on these important stones.
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Download or read book Field Excursions to the Appalachian Plateaus and the Valley and Ridge for GSA Connects 2023 written by Brett T. McLaurin and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2023-10-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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