NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
Antietam National Battlefield is a part of the Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province and shares its geologic history and some characteristic geologic formations with a region that extends well beyond park boundaries.
Soils - Antietam National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)
Apr 10, 2015 · Essentially, it is formed by rock weathering over long periods of time. Most soil found on the battlefield can be classified as the Hagerstown Series (soils are named after the area in which they are first discovered). Characteristics of every soil depend on multiple factors.
Large blocks of jointed and faulted sandstone, limestone, and metamorphic rocks are more resistant to erosion and form cliffs. Rockfall and slope failure are potential hazards almost everywhere a cliff face is exposed in the parks.
Archeology at Antietam - U.S. National Park Service
Besides remains of the fighting, the Antietam Battlefield contains an amazing collection of old farms, with houses and barns built as long ago as the 1760s. By studying them, archeologists and historians can learn much about the lives of people who lived around Sharpsburg in …
The Geology of Antietam National Battlefield
Mar 25, 2024 · The geological history of the Antietam National Battlefield area dates back hundreds of millions of years. The region was once covered by ancient seas that deposited layers of sediment, which eventually hardened into rock formations.
Geolex — Antietam publications - USGS
Apr 4, 2024 · On east side of Frederick Valley, Antietam forms discontinuous line of low wooded hills from New Midway, where quartzite is overlapped by Triassic sedimentary rocks, southwestward to Potomac River. Quartzite here is unconformably overlain by …
Antietam Formation - Wikipedia
The Antietam Formation or Antietam Sandstone is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. [2] [3] [4] It is largely quartz sandstone with some quartzite and quartz schist. It preserves Skolithos trace fossils dating back to the Cambrian Period. [5]
Antietam National Battlefield - Wikipedia
Antietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service-protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland. It commemorates the American Civil War Battle of Antietam that occurred on September 17, 1862.
Antietam - SpringerLink
Nov 15, 2018 · The Waynesboro Formation is found in the eastern portion of the battlefield across Antietam Creek. Four sections of these formation, called members, produce a variety of landscape features. The Red Run and Chewsville Members are composed of sandstone and this harder rock produces slightly higher elevations.
Natural Features & Ecosystems - Antietam National Battlefield …
Apr 10, 2015 · Running through the woods is Antietam Creek, the body of water from which the battle received it's name. Efforts are currently underway to inventory and monitor the water resources, forests communities, plants, animals and soils that …