Mountain Beltway

Transect Trip 18: Judy Gap

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Fault-duplicated double section of the (Silurian aged) erosion-resistant Tuscarora Sandstone:

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Transect Trip 17: hackle fringe

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Sweet hackles on the right; pen for scale.

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Transect Trip 16: double plume

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Radiating out from the greatest sense of scale EVER!

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Transect Trip 15: penultimate plume

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Nice one! … In spite of the highway department graffiti… Swiss Army Knife for scale!

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Transect Trip 14: ripple marks

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Callan Bentley

Where are some ripple marks in the Hampshire Formation. Cell phone service is a lot more localized here in West Virginia, so we’ll see how many posts I manage today…

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Live geoblogging: assessment

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Callan Bentley

What do you think, folks? Do you like seeing field photos as I take them? Should I continue the Transect Trip instant photoblog series tomorrow as we traverse the Valley & Ridge?

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