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Ancient Lavas in Shenandoah National Park Near Luray, Virginia (open access)

Ancient Lavas in Shenandoah National Park Near Luray, Virginia

Abstract: In the Blue Ridge Province of northern Virginia, Maryland, and southern Pennsylvania, Lower Cambrian beds are underlain by a thick sequence of greenstone and interbedded sedimentary rocks known as the Catoctin Formation. An area near Luray, Va., was studied to determine the thickness of the formation, its relationship to overlying and underlying rocks, and the original nature of the lavas from which the Catoctin greenstone was derived. There the Catoctin Formation lies unconformably on granitic rocks. Its basal sedimentary layer ranges from a few inches to 150 feet in thickness and contains pebbles of underlying basement rocks. The erosion surface beneath the Catoctin is irregular, and in several places, hills as much as 1,000 feet high were buried beneath the Catoctin lavas. No important time break is indicated between the deposition of the Catoctin Formation and the overlying Cambrian sediments. The original Catoctin lavas were basaltic and were probably normal plateau basalts. Columnar joints, amygdules, sedimentary dikes, flow breccias, low-dipping primary joints, and other primary structures are well preserved.
Date: 1969
Creator: Reed, John Calvin, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Titanium Resources of Nelson and Amherst Counties, Virginia: (In Two Parts), 2. Nelsonite (open access)

Titanium Resources of Nelson and Amherst Counties, Virginia: (In Two Parts), 2. Nelsonite

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over nelsonite occurrences in Virginia. Samples were collected by diamond-drilling. This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1964
Creator: Fish, George E., Jr. & Swanson, Vernon F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status Report Number Three on Clinch River Study (open access)

Status Report Number Three on Clinch River Study

Report describing the progress made in the Clinch River Study for the period May to October 1961. This report is based off of multiple reports of water sampling conducted across six stations in order to evaluate the safety and radioactive content of the Clinch River.
Date: December 6, 1962
Creator: Morton, R. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Norfolk-Peninsula Area (ARMS-II) (open access)

Norfolk-Peninsula Area (ARMS-II)

From Introduction: "The ARMS-II Norfolk - Peninsula area survey was one many that have been flown for the CETO since the nationwide ARMS program was started (1958). Figure 2 shows the location of the areas that have been completed to date. The purpose of the program is to measure the present environmental levels of gamma radiation in areas around nuclear facilities and planned nuclear activities."
Date: December 6, 1961
Creator: Guillou, R. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Plates 1-3: Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Norfolk-Peninsula Area

Maps of four quadrants in the Norfolk-Peninsula area surveyed as part of a radiological survey, outlining "Radioactivity levels in hundreds of counts per second normalized to 500 ft above ground." Scale 1:250,000.
Date: December 6, 1961
Creator: Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Radiation Damage on SM-1, SM-1A and PM-2A Reactor Vessels (open access)

Effect of Radiation Damage on SM-1, SM-1A and PM-2A Reactor Vessels

Report describing the status of the SM-1, SM-1A, and PM-2A reactors, specifically regarding the effects "of irradiation on nil-ductility transition temperature and the associated problem of brittle fracture." (p. iii)
Date: October 14, 1961
Creator: McLaughlin, D. W.; Rowekamp, B. J.; Chittum, R. A.; Coombe, J. R.; Kelleman, R. W.; Bobe, P. E. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library