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Ice seeps along Passage Creek
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| Date: | 2014-02-03 14:46:59 |
| Blog: | Mountain Beltway  |
| URL: | http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2014/02/03/ice-seeps-along-passage-creek/ |
Summary:
This past week, there’s been a beautiful sight along the stretch of the Fort Valley Road that goes past the Blue Hole section of Passage Creek. Click to enlarge Ice has been forming beautiful forms as groundwater seeps out along bedding planes in the Massanutten Sandstone (a Silurian-aged quartz arenite, folded during late Paleozoic Alleghanian deformation). At this site, the bedding dips moderately to the south. This is close to …Content analysis:
Stratigraphic context:
| Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]: | Paleozoic [1] Silurian [1] Massanutten Sandstone [1] |
|---|---|
| Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]: | Paleozoic [0.67] Phanerozoic [0.67] Silurian [0.5] |
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone | US | 37.7708 | -80.8916 |
| Massanutten | US | 38.4058 | -78.7399 |
Keywords:
beautiful forms, beautiful sight, bedding dips, bedding planes, Blue Hole section, Creek This past, Fort Valley Road, groundwater, home, Massanutten Sandstone, Paleozoic Alleghanian deformation, Passage Creek, Silurian-aged quartz arenite, stretch
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