By: magic-gigapans
Image: Callan Bentley, Mid-Atlantic Geo-Image Collection
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Uploaded: 12 May 2020
Last Updated: 3 Jun 2020
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Outcrop of the late-Ordovician-aged Martinsburg Formation (turbidites/flysch) shed off the Taconian Orogen to the east into the adjacent deep marine basin. The strata were later tilted and cleaved during Alleghanian mountain-building.