Description

Explore the shale and limestone valleys of western Maryland and the sand dunes and tidal estuaries on Delaware's coast with Roadside Geology of Maryland, Delaware and Washington DC.

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• Learn about a diverse array of rocks and landforms assembled during more than 1 billion years of geologic history
• 35 road guides discuss the landforms and rocks visible from a car window, along bike paths, and at nearby waysides and parks
• Includes Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park, Assateague Island National Seashore, Rock Creek Park and Cape Henlopen State Park
• With this book as your guide, find out how the sixth largest impact crater on earth helped shape Chesapeake Bay
• Discover what moved the rocks at Devils Racecourse in Catoctin Mountain Park
• Learn how early settlers put the geology to work, locating major ports where deep tidal rivers issued from mill-friendly, rocky streams