Tag: Grenville Orogeny

  • Bringing Back the Grenville! Preserving Virginia’s Geoheritage

    Bringing Back the Grenville! Preserving Virginia’s Geoheritage

    Virginia has a rich geological heritage that stretches back well over a billion years to an era of geologic time known as the Mesoproterozoic. Rocks formed during the Mesoproterozoic are exposed primarily in the Blue Ridge Mountains and its foothills, as well as in curious inliers such as the Goochland domes and in the Sauratown…