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Transcription
Age
Unit
Ft.
BARREM-APT.
PATUXENT FM.
A1.E
10
5
0
Description
Interpretation
Trash
Gravel, Sand, Silt
Fluvial Aggredational
Sand and silt: medium to light
grey, friable sandstone fine to
medium-grained planar and
trough cross-beds, logs, marcasite
concretions.
Fluvial; braided stream
deposits.
Fig. 3 -- Geologic section of the rocks exposed along the Northwest Branch
of the Anacostia River, 800 feet upstream from the crossing of Queens Chapel
Road (Stop 1). Section measured by Leo J. Hickey and Norman Frederiksen,
1984. For key to symbols see Fig. 2.