Virginia's 5 physiographic provinces
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- Appalachian plateau
- rugged irregular topography
- coastal plain
- layers of sediment were produced by erosion of Appalachian mountains
- valley & ridge
- produced Appalachian Mountains
- valley & ridge
- folding and faulting occurred during a collision of Africa and North America
- piedmont
- rolling hills-igneous and metamorphic rocks
- coastal plain
- flat area-young unconsolidated sediment
- Appalachian plateau
- source of most of VA's coal
- Appalachian plateau
- series of plateaus separated by faults
- valley & ridge
- long parallel ridges and valleys-ancient folded and faulted sedimentary rocks
- piedmont
- igneous are roots of volcanoes formed during an ancient episode of subduction that occurred before Appalachian Mountains were formed
- Appalachian plateau
- flat-lying sedimentary rocks
- blue ridge
- some metamorphism occurred when Appalachian Mountains formed
- blue ridge
- high ridge separating piedmont from valley&ridge
- valley & ridge
- late Paleozoic
- blue ridge
- billion year old igneous and metamorphic rocks are oldest in state