Tag: Rock Art

  • How Our Garden Grows: The William & Mary Geology Rock Garden

    How Our Garden Grows: The William & Mary Geology Rock Garden

    William & Mary sits squarely on the the Atlantic Coastal Plain, a region underlain by geologically young sand, silt, clay, and gravel. Many of these geological layers are fossiliferous, and even on campus we can find the preserved remains of 4 million-year old clams and scallops. What we don’t have is easy access to rocks,…