Geologic Reconnaissance in the Piedmont of Virginia

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Research Article| December 30, 1927 Geologic Reconnaissance in the Piedmont of Virginia ANNA I. JONAS ANNA I. JONAS Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information ANNA I. JONAS Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 28 Feb 1927 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 © 1927 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1927) 38 (4): 837–846. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-38-837 Article history Received: 28 Feb 1927 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation ANNA I. JONAS; Geologic Reconnaissance in the Piedmont of Virginia. GSA Bulletin 1927;; 38 (4): 837–846. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-38-837 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract IntroductionIn the spring of 1926 the writer began a geological reconnaissance of that part of Virginia2 which lies between the Coastal Plain region on the east and the Great Valley on the west, and had by December, 1926, carried the work in part of the area to James River. The region comprises the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces. At Potomac River the Blue Ridge Province extends from Catoctin Mountain west to Harpers Ferry and is coextensive with the Catoctin-Blue Ridge anticlinorium, which is continuous from near Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, across Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. The eastern boundary is the east front of Catoctin and Bull Run Mountains and a more or less continuous series of mountains which extend from Bull Run and Clark Mountains southward to the James River near Lynchburg.South of Bull Run Mountain local custom and certain physiographers have included in the Blue Ridge Province . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.