Valley and Ridge province - The Geology of Virginia
 
    
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Hampshire Formation, Shenandoah Mountain, Virginia-West-Virginia border zone

Reddish sandstones and siltstones of the Devonian Hampshire Formation exposed in the Valley & Ridge province (William & Mary geologists for scale!). Sedimentary rocks of the Hampshire Formation were deposited in a foreland basin to the northwest of the ancient Acadian Mountains.

 
    

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU | VALLEY & RIDGE | BLUE RIDGE | PIEDMONT | COASTAL PLAIN
 

(10/11/00)