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To: ForGod'sSake; Renfield

If you could flesh it in a little.

I don't know if this will help but here are a few thoughts about the Stratigraphy. Tex, the Exmore Breccia was formed when the great Chesapeake boloid crashed about 34 million years ago leaving a crater 50 miles in diameter, with the north end in Exmore (Delmarva Pen.) and the south end at Norfolk. As I may have said before if interested, read "Chesapeake Invader" by Wylie Poag (1999). Before his research, the source of the breccia was unknown. Now it is recognized as the broken rock that tumbled back into the great crater left behind. This also explains the two fault lines under Hampton and Chesapeake Bay. What I don't understand is why there is no Tex under TK in the fault block. If the section was drawn up before 1999 maybe they didn't look hard enough. TK is older Tertiary and Cretaceous formations. Perhaps TK to the left is Cretaceous, but TK over Tex has to be younger than 34my. Te, marine, sand and clay, may have been the deposition over the entire area as marine sediments covered the disaster area. Apparently the fault block subsided over a period of time. Of course the age of TK in the fault block and the age of Te would be useful information. Poag's book also has several stratigraphic sections of the area.


234 posted on 08/12/2006 2:57:34 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin
What I don't understand is why there is no Tex under TK in the fault block. If the section was drawn up before 1999 maybe they didn't look hard enough. TK is older Tertiary and Cretaceous formations. Perhaps TK to the left is Cretaceous, but TK over Tex has to be younger than 34my. Te, marine, sand and clay, may have been the deposition over the entire area as marine sediments covered the disaster area.

I more or less follow what you're saying, but if you're basing your opinion on this particular graphic, there's always the possibility the graphic itself is not all that accurate; maybe more of a generalized stratigraphy representation. I dunno. It would probably take some detective work to determine that but I'm not up to the task.

Of course the age of TK in the fault block and the age of Te would be useful information.

Probably so, but I can't follow the timeline, presuming there is one even implied in the graphic. The labels of the different layers don't even register with me. IOW, I can't make heads or tails out of it ;^)

236 posted on 08/12/2006 10:50:29 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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