Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
Integrated interpretation of geologic and geophysical data from north-central Virginia was used to determine the structural geometry of the eastern limb of the central Blue Ridge. Data included geologic mapping along and around the Rapidan River in Greene and Madison counties, the published PR3 seismic line, and magnetic intensity survey information. Basement and cover rocks in the northeastern Blue Ridge are locally in reverse fault contact, in contrast to the regionally conformable contact previously interpreted. A new Triassic basin was discovered west of the Barboursville Basin and extends the known impact of Atlantic rifting. The eastern Blue Ridge is regionally faulted into imbricated southeast-dipping blocks. The Blue Ridge Thrust is a shallow-sloped thrust fault, rather than a complete fault-bend fold.
Date Awarded
2005
Department
Geology
Advisor 1
Christopher M. Bailey
Recommended Citation
Kroehler, Margaret Emily, "Structural Geometry of the Eastern Blue Ridge in Greene and Madison Counties, Virginis: a geological and geophysical analysis" (2005). Geology Senior Theses. William & Mary. Paper 153.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/geologyseniors/153
