This program is sold out.Call us at (202) 633-3030 to get on the Wait List.Don’t miss out on future programs like this.As a Smithsonian Associates member, you will receive ticket-buying priority.Join today The Geologic Past of the Mid-Atlantic Region All-Day ProgramInside Science program Saturday, August 17, 2019 - 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Code: 1L0265 Tickets Resize text remove add Rocky outcropping in Shenandoah National Park Who knew that beneath our feet is evidence of magma chambers, giant sharks, Himalayan-sized mountains, and the breakup of several supercontinents? Geologist and Washington native Callan Bentley leads a fascinating day-long exploration of the Mid-Atlantic region that traces an extraordinary history spanning more than a billion years of geologic time. 10–11:15 a.m. A Geographic and Chronological Overview and Introduction to Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. The Blue Ridge Province and Shenandoah National Park 12:45–2 p.m. Lunch (participants provide their own) 2–3:15 p.m. The Piedmont Province and Massanutten Synclinorium 3:30–4:30 p.m. Triassic Rifting of Pangaea and the Layers of the Coastal Plain Bentley is assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College and writes the geology blog Mountain Beltway. S. Dillon Ripley Center1100 Jefferson Dr SWMetro: Smithsonian (Mall exit)