By C. Scott Southworth, David K. Brezinski, Randall C. Orndorff, Peter G. Chirico, and Kerry M. Lagueux
Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service, Maryland Geological Survey, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, and Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
See also Open-File Report 01-188-A
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-188-B consists of the geologic report "Geology of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Potomac River Corridor, District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia" in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Download a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5.0 for free. Please note that the figures for the chapter are all separate PDF files that are linked from the main report. If not using a PDF plug-in in your browser, and you download the report to your computer, you will have to download the figures separately.
"Geology of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Potomac River Corridor, District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia " (1.7 MB PDF file)
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