Coastal Plain - The Geology of Virginia
WEBThe Coastal Plain is a terraced landscape that stair-steps down towards the coast and to the major rivers. The ‘steps’ are topographic scarps that formed as ancient shorelines, and the ‘treads’ are emergent bay and river bottoms.
Coastal Plain - Virginia Places
WEBthe Coastal Plain is the land between the Fall Line and the shoreline Source: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Bulletin 82, Post-Miocene Stratigraphy and Morphology, Southeastern Virginia (Figure 7) The Coastal Plain extends eastward from the Fall Line to the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean.
Hydrogeologic framework of the Virginia coastal plain
WEBThis report defines the hydrogeologic framework of the Virginia Coastal Plain and is a product of a comprehensive regional study to define the geology, hydrology, and geochemistry of the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system extending from North Carolina to Long Island, New York.
The Virginia Coastal Plain Hydrogeologic Framework
WEBA refined descriptive hydrogeologic framework of the Coastal Plain of eastern Virginia provides a new perspective on the regional ground-water system by incorporating recent understanding gained by discovery of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater and determination of other geological relations.
Virginia Coastal Plain Aquifer Analysis | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
WEBAug 24, 2010 · Collect and analyze data on poorly known aspects of the Virginia Coastal Plain aquifer system, and combine with results from other previous and ongoing studies, to develop improved understandings of hydrogeologic conditions, groundwater flow, and chemical quality.
Virginia's Five Regions
WEBVirginia is made up of five geologic regions: the Coastal Plain (tidewater), the Piedmont, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Valley and Ridge, and the Appalachian Plateau.
Land Motion and Subsidence on the Virginia Coastal Plain
WEBFeb 8, 2023 · Land Subsidence in Virginia. The Virginia Coastal Plain is the coastal region of Virginia east of the Fall Line. The Fall Line is the boundary between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont, where relatively harder inland rock meets the layers of unconsolidated coastal sediments.
WEBFIGURE L-Location of northern Atlantic Coastal Plain. Specific objectives of this report are to: (1) identify and divide the sediments of the Virginia Coastal Plain into regional hydrogeologic units, (2) delineate and describe the boundaries, stratigraphic relationships, and characteristics of the hydrogeologic units, (3) provide
Tidewater | Virginia, Map, & History | Britannica
WEBTidewater, natural region in eastern Virginia, U.S., comprising a low-lying alluvial plain on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay between the Atlantic Ocean and the Fall Line (a line marking the junction between the hard rocks of the Appalachians and the softer deposits of the coastal plain).
Coastal Plain province | The Geology of Virginia - NETSTATE
WEBThe topography of the Coastal Plain is a terraced landscape that stair-steps down to the coast and to the major rivers. The risers (scarps) are former shorelines and the treads are emergent bay and river bottoms.