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all geography including DSDP/ODP Sites and Legs
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Chesapeake Bay impact structure (1)
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United States
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Chesapeake Bay (1)
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Virginia
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Northampton County Virginia (2)
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Cenozoic
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Pleistocene (1)
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Neogene
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Calvert Formation (1)
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middle Miocene
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Choptank Formation (1)
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Saint Marys Formation (1)
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upper Miocene
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Eastover Formation (1)
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upper Pliocene
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Chowan River Formation (1)
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Yorktown Formation (1)
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Calvert Formation (1)
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upper Pliocene
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Chesapeake Bay (1)
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Nassawadox Formation
Schematic perspective view of the Nassawadox Formation, showing relationshi...
A 443.9-m-thick, virtually undisturbed section of postimpact deposits in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure was recovered in the Eyreville A and C cores, Northampton County, Virginia, within the “moat” of the structure's central crater. Recovered sediments are mainly fine-grained marine siliciclastics, with the exception of Pleistocene sand, clay, and gravel. The lowest postimpact unit is the upper Eocene Chickahominy Formation (443.9–350.1 m). At 93.8 m, this is the maximum thickness yet recovered for deposits that represent the return to “normal marine” sedimentation. The Drummonds Corner beds (informal) and the Old Church Formation are thin Oligocene units present between 350.1 and 344.7 m. Above the Oligocene, there is a more typical Virginia coastal plain succession. The Calvert Formation (344.7–225.4 m) includes a thin lower Miocene part overlain by a much thicker middle Mio-cene part. From 225.4 to 206.0 m, sediments of the middle Miocene Choptank Formation, rarely reported in the Virginia coastal plain, are present. The thick upper Miocene St. Marys and Eastover Formations (206.0–57.8 m) appear to represent a more complete succession than in the type localities. Correlation with the nearby Kiptopeke core indicates that two Pliocene units are present: Yorktown (57.8–32.2 m) and Chowan River Formations (32.2–18.3 m). Sediments at the top of the section represent an upper Pleistocene channel-fill and are assigned to the Butlers Bluff and Occohannock Members of the Nassawadox Formation (18.3–0.6 m).