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4 March 2010

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“Strive to interpret what really exists.” -Louis Agassiz

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Triassic rifting in the Capitol

My girlfriend’s mom was in town in January, and we took her down to visit the Capitol Building. The tour had a good bit of history, but definitely missed the opportunity to talk geology. I was particularly struck by the columns in the Hall of Statuary: Close up of one column, with my hand for scale: That’s the Leesburg Conglomerate, a Triassic-aged deposit found in the western part of the …

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