Coastal Plain Geology Topics

• Introduction

• General Geologic Features

• Coastal Plain Deposits

• Fossils

• Structural Geology

• Features of Geologic Interest

• Stafford Fault
• Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure
• Offshore Features
• Submarine Canyons
• Baltimore Canyon Trough

• Geologic History

• Breakup of Pangaea
• Jurassic - Cretaceous
• Early Tertiary
• Later Tertiary - Quaternary
• Suffolk and Surry Scarps
• Chesapeake Bay

Geology Sections

• Coastal Plain

• Piedmont

• Mesozoic Basins

• Blue Ridge

• Valley and Ridge and Appalachian Plateaus

Introduction

Virginia has a wide variety of rock types.  Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks can be found within the state.  

1. Igneous rocks

2. Sedimentary rocks

3. Metamorphic rocks

Main topics in this chapter:

1.1  Mineral Basics

1.2  Mineral Identification

1.3  Major Mineral Groups

1.4  Selected Virginia Minerals

1.5  Tips for Mineral Collecting

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