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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

age estimation methods, luminescence dating, geochronology, radiation dosimetry, optically-stimulated luminescence

ISO 19115 Topic Category

farming

Place Keywords

Virginia, George Washington National Forest, Augusta County, Big Levels Quadrangle, Blue Ridge

Luminescence and Radiocarbon data for: Geologic map of the Big Levels Quadrangle, Virginia

At the Rockbridge Stone Products sand and gravel open pit mine along Loves Run, two Optically Stimulated Luminescence samples from an f2 fan deposit yielded dates from ca. 157 to 139 ka (Carter and others, 2017). These two ages were used to define the Pleistocene map units within the quad.

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Author(s) Shannon A Mahan orcid, Emma T Krolczyk, Mark W Carter orcid, Ronald C Counts orcid
Publication Date 2025-08-27
Beginning Date of Data 2014
Ending Date of Data 2022
Data Contact
Shannon A Mahan
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P14L7QW6
Citation Mahan, S.A., Krolczyk, E.T., Carter, M.W., and Counts, R.C., 2025, Luminescence and Radiocarbon data for: Geologic map of the Big Levels Quadrangle, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14L7QW6.
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Shannon A Mahan
Metadata Date 2025-08-27
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