Culpeper Basin
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title:
Culpeper Basin
text:
The Culpeper Basin is one of the Newark Supergroup's Triassic rift basins. It lies east of the Appalachian Mountains and extends from the Madison County—Orange County line in Virginia to Frederick, Maryland. A diverse group of sedimentary rocks including siltstone, sandstone, and conglomerate within the basin were intruded by igneous rocks, which caused thermal metamorphism at the contact with sedimentary rock. The Culpeper Basin is nearly continuous with the Gettysburg Basin to the north and wi
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description:
Triassic rift basin in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culpeper_Basin
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date modified:
2023-08-28T19:11:04Z
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