Urban Fossils in the Nation's Capital

Mora-Bourgeois G, Santucci V, Kenworthy J, National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring. 2007. Urban Fossils in the Nation's Capital

This brochure describes the fossil resources of the National Capital Region across 4 physiographic provinces in the parks: Antietam NB, Catoctin Mountain Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Harpers Ferry NHP, Manasass NBP, Monocacy NB, National Capital Parks - East, Prince William Forest Park, Rock Creek Park, and Wolf Trap NP for the Performing Arts. Specific fossil examples include: the Indiana limestone of the Capitol Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial, and commemorative stones in the Washington Monument.

Type
Brochure
Authors
Mora-Bourgeois, Giselle; Santucci, Vincent; Kenworthy, Jason; National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
Date of Issue
2007-04
Units
ANTI , CATO , CHOH , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NACE , NAMA , NCR , NCRN , PRWI , ROCR , WOTR
Keywords
ANTI, Antietam National Battlefield, Blue Ridge Province, Capitol Reflecting Pool, CATO, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, CHOH, Coastal Plain Province, Fossils, George Washington Memorial Parkway, GWMP, HAFE, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, I&M, Indiana limestone, Inventory & Monitoring, Lincoln Memorial, MANA, Manasass National Battlefield Park, MONO, Monocacy National Battlefield, NACE, NAMA, National Capital Parks - East, National Capital Region, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, National Capital Region Network, National Mall and Memorial Parks, NCR, NCR, NCRN, NCRN, NCRN Briefs, Paleontological resources, Paleontology, Piedmont Province, Prince William Forest Park, PRWI, Rock Creek Park, ROCR, Valley and Ridge Province, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, WOTR

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