Eagle Rock Updates from the Paleontology Lab

On Friday and Saturday I accompanied Brett’s physical geology class from Patrick Henry Community College on a field trip to look at Paleozoic rocks in Botetourt County. One of the stops was an amazing roadcut on US 220 near Eagle Rock (37.641110,-79.806688). The James River cut a gorge through a thick section of Paleozoic sediments…

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