Exploration of Rock Creek Park-North : Washington, D.C., July 17, 1989 (Volume T209)

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 209.Rock Creek Park is a special place for studying geology.

Founded as the city park in 1890, Rock Creek Park serves as an oasis in the urban environment.

Rock Creek Valley is a steep craggy Piedmont eroded zone where one can observe the bedrock, follow the evolution of the Fall Zone, and measure the topographically isolated Coastal Plain gravels.

Figure 1 is the map of the stops to observe the general geology.