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  • City of Alexandria, Virginia
  • Geologic Atlas of the City of Alexandria, Virginia and Vicinity – Plate 2E

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GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTION

NORTHWEST

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Claremont

FOUR MILE RUN

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GT-112

191

Tcg

by Anthony H. Fleming, 2015

173

Kpl

Barcroft Park

Kpb

151

150 100
50
150 100
50

Kpcv

89

Kpcc
Kpcs

Lucky Run

Qc

BEVERLEY HILLS

Reservoir Woods
Charles

Qs

SHIRLEY HWY QUAKER LANE

Kpcg
Qaf

Barrett

MOUNT IDA

J-1

Qa

School

60

63

GT-42

55

GT-185
GT-85

Shirlington

GT-62

50
48

Qa

47

POTOMAC YARDS

Qto
Qcf

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Arlandria

Qcf

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Qcf

39

38

39

Rte 1

38
32

Four Mile Run Park

GT-4

Qa

Lynhaven

30

Hume Spring

31

Kpcc

30

30 Qt

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28
25

GT-117

Qcf

GT-136

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Kpcv

17
20
15

Kpcv Kpcc

F-3

16

11

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Kpcc
Qs
Kpcs
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Qe

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org

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org

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Kpcc
Kpcc

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-100 -150 -200 -250 -300

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SEE PLATE 5 FOR EXPLANATION OF MAP UNITS
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VERTICAL EXAGGERATION 20X

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EXPLANATION OF CROSS SECTION SYMBOLS:

WATER LEVELS REPORTED IN WELLS AND GEOTECHNICAL BORINGS

  • WATER WELL
  • GEOTECHNICAL BORING SITES
  • OTHER SYMBOLS

WELL ID NUMBER AND SURFACE ELEVATION

J-60

GT-27

ID NUMBER AND HIGHEST

250

222

  • (SOURCE: J-JOHNSTON; D-DARTON; F-FROELICH)
  • SURFACE EXPOSURE. SOME EXCAVATIONS

COINCIDE WITH GEOTECHNICAL BORING SITES
SURFACE ELEVATION

47

WATER LEVEL MEASURED IN WELL OR CASED GEOTECHNICAL BORING COMPLETED IN THE CAMERON VALLEY SAND (LOWER
WELL CASING

119

GRAVELLY ZONES IN THE OLD TOWN TERRACE REPORTED IN GEOTECHNICAL BORINGS
AQUIFER OF THE POTOMAC FORMATION)
APPROXIMATE LATERAL AND

VERTICAL EXTENT OF SITE ALONG CROSS SECTION LINE
% SAND IN 100-FT INTERVAL REPORTED BY FROELICH (1985)
ORGANIC ZONES REPORTED IN GEOTECHNICAL BORINGS FROM THE POTOMAC FORMATION, QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM, AND OTHER SEDIMENTS. INCLUDES WOOD, PEAT, LIGNITE, LEAVES, DARK ORGANIC SILT, AND OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL
WATER LEVEL MEASURED IN 1976 FROM WELL COMPLETED IN CAMERON VALLEY SAND (JOHNSTON AND LARSON, 1977)

ORG

WATER LEVEL

132

195

WELL SCREEN
WATER LEVEL

147

BEDROCK SURFACE
WATER LEVEL MEASURED IN WELL OR

GEOTECHNICAL BORING COMPLETED IN OTHER AQUIFERS. MAY REPRESENT A COMPOSITE OR AVERAGE WATER LEVEL AT GEOTECHNICAL SITES WITH MANY BORINGS
INTERSECTION WITH ANOTHER CROSS SECTION. CROSS SECTIONS ARE DISTINGUISHED BY NAME AND COLOR-CODED SECTION LINES AND TITLES
REPORTED BEDROCK LITHOLOGY BOREHOLE IN BEDROCK
MOUNT IDA

210

BOTTOM ELEVATION OF DEEPEST BORING

147

BOTTOM ELEVATION

127

cross section. The specific location of the cross section is indicated on Plate 1 by a blue section line. and organic horizons in the Old Town terrace that are present only in the subsurface and thus do not appear on Plate 5. impressive buried escarpment below Lynhaven (site GT-117), which appears to separate older and more deeply entrenched terrace sediments to the east from thinner and presumably younger terrace deposits to the west. The two prominent organic horizons reported in the borings at site GT-117 are suggestive of major periods of non deposition and weathering(?), accompanied by long-term growth of vegetation. The deep channel below this site may be the same as or connect with the deep channel seen much further to the south below Old Town, although a direct connection cannot be established from existing data. The substantial thickness of the Cameron Valley sand member (Kpcs - Kpcv) at the base of the Potomac Formation in this section is likely related to its location near the thalweg of the Four Mile Run bedrock valley (see Plate 3 and its expanded explanation).

GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTION 2E– FOUR MILE RUN

Cross section 2E follows Four Mile Run Valley downstream from Barcroft Park, in southern Arlington County, to the extreme northern end of Potomac Yards, near George Washington Memorial Parkway and the Potomac River. The section begins at the lowest bedrock outcrop on Four Mile Run, and traces the regular eastward slope of the bedrock surface and the corresponding thickening of the Potomac Formation and younger alluvial sediments. The view is northward along the section line, which locally bends to take in the locations of nearby geotechnical boring sites, historical water wells, and other places of interest (e.g., Reservoir Woods, Hume Spring). These features, and other sites of cultural, historical, and
The cross sections are intended to be used together with the geologic maps, particularly Plate 5, to illustrate the third dimension of the map units. Contacts between map units are approximately located and, in the Potomac Formation, are typically gradational or transitional. The abundance of control points (surface exposures, wells, geotechnical sites) along the cross section provides a general indication of the reliability of contact locations. Map units are depicted using the same colors, patterns, and labels as on Plate 5, and the explanation of map units on Plate 5 serves as the legend. The section also depicts some bedrock units and several gravelly zones
The dominant physiographic feature is the deeply entrenched valley of Four Mile Run, which is flanked by many large terraces. Some of these terraces are graded to the massive Old Town terrace, which occupies the eastern part of the section.

The Four Mile Run section depicts the array of terraces and other Quaternary deposits that flank Four Mile Run, as well as the sizable body of estuarine sediment at its mouth, most of which is now buried beneath artificial fill. The section also illustrates some of the internal architecture of the northern end of the Old Town terrace, including the environmental interest. are indicated by labels and symbols along the

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