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Field assignment part 2

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Edward Potter

This document summarizes examples of different geological features and processes observed in Virginia Beach, Virginia through photographs. Examples include chemical weathering on a headstone and manhole cover, a house destroyed by ground subsidence from mass wasting, continental and marine sedimentary environments at a lake and oceanfront, and practical uses like a stormwater pond and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel infrastructure. The author was unable to find a local example of a fault to include.

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Field AssignmentPart IIBy Edward Potter
WeatheringThis is an example of chemical weathering on a headstone at False Cape State Park, Virginia Beach, VAThis is also an example of chemical weathering of a manhole cover in Virginia Beach, VA
Mass Wasting/ErosionThe picture on the left is is a house, at Sandbridge beach, in Virginia Beach. The ground caved in and sunk everything around it. The picture below is from Millerton Lake.
Sedimentary EnvironmentsContinental. This picture was taken at Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach, VA
Sedimentary EnvironmentsMarine: This picture was taken at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach Virginia.
Sedimentary EnvironmentsTransitional: This picture was taken at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach Virginia; it shows the transition between Continental and Marine.
Practical Uses of GeologyThis picture is of a stormwater runoff pond behind my house. Stormwaterponds are becoming a fixture to many residential communities, especially those under new development. Designed to capture all the run-off from parking lots and surrounding areas.
Practical Uses of GeologyThe picture on the top is of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The Picture on the Bottom is of the bridge tunnel itself. The water is deep here in Virginia, as well as ships moving in and out of here on a constant basis, so they design Bridge-Tunnels they start off as bridges, go into tunnels under the water, and then turn back into bridges on the other side.
This was a very interesting project, more difficult that I had anticipated, but fun, nonetheless.I did not get to add an example of a fault, as I was unable to witness and document one from Virginia Beach Virginia. I searched the internet and it doesnt look like there is any here on the East Coast. Not that I found anyway.

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Field assignment part 2

  • 2. WeatheringThis is an example of chemical weathering on a headstone at False Cape State Park, Virginia Beach, VAThis is also an example of chemical weathering of a manhole cover in Virginia Beach, VA
  • 3. Mass Wasting/ErosionThe picture on the left is is a house, at Sandbridge beach, in Virginia Beach. The ground caved in and sunk everything around it. The picture below is from Millerton Lake.
  • 4. Sedimentary EnvironmentsContinental. This picture was taken at Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach, VA
  • 5. Sedimentary EnvironmentsMarine: This picture was taken at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach Virginia.
  • 6. Sedimentary EnvironmentsTransitional: This picture was taken at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach Virginia; it shows the transition between Continental and Marine.
  • 7. Practical Uses of GeologyThis picture is of a stormwater runoff pond behind my house. Stormwaterponds are becoming a fixture to many residential communities, especially those under new development. Designed to capture all the run-off from parking lots and surrounding areas.
  • 8. Practical Uses of GeologyThe picture on the top is of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The Picture on the Bottom is of the bridge tunnel itself. The water is deep here in Virginia, as well as ships moving in and out of here on a constant basis, so they design Bridge-Tunnels they start off as bridges, go into tunnels under the water, and then turn back into bridges on the other side.
  • 9. This was a very interesting project, more difficult that I had anticipated, but fun, nonetheless.I did not get to add an example of a fault, as I was unable to witness and document one from Virginia Beach Virginia. I searched the internet and it doesnt look like there is any here on the East Coast. Not that I found anyway.