USGS Logo THE RIVER AND THE ROCKS
The Geologic Story of Great Falls and the Potomac River Gorge


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Foreword

The falls today

A few words about the forests

The river and the land

The origin of the Potomac River valley and the carving of Great Falls

The origin of the rocks

Trail log—Great Falls, Virginia

Trail log—Great Falls, Maryland

Trail log—Bear Island (optional)

Acknowledgments

Suggest reading

Great Falls


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