The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geological framework and correlation of hydrogeologic units of the lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia

Professional Paper 1612
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This report documents the highly variable structure, stratigraphy, and buried topography of the outer rim of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater created by its impact and burial. Lithologies of cores are correlated with borehole geophysical logs to characterize the physical properties of the stratigraphic units and their geophysical signatures. The correlation between cores, well cuttings, and borehole geophysical logs is augmented with seismic-reflection data, and these data are compiled into a lithostratigraphic cross section that illustrates the geological framework of the lower York-James Peninsula and immediate surrounding areas.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geological framework and correlation of hydrogeologic units of the lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia
Series title Professional Paper
Series number 1612
DOI 10.3133/pp1612
Year Published 1999
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description v, 82 p.
Country United States
State Virginia
Other Geospatial lower York-James Peninsula
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