Investigations of the characteristics, origin, and residence time of the upland residual mantle of the Piedmont of Fairfax County, Virginia /
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington :
United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey,
1989.
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| Series: | U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ;
1352. |
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo92126 |
| Item Description: | Title from title screen (viewed October 14, 2014). "Residual soil and saprolite developed from metasediments, metagranite, diabase, and serpentinite have been analyzed petrographically, texturally, mineralogically, and chemically. These analyses are used to interpret the chemical mechanisms of alteration of Piedmont crystalline rock to saprolite and the mechanical and chemical alteration of saprolite to soil." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (iv, 58 pages) : illustrations, maps + 3 plates. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51). |