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1980 States: VA, NC
Geological Investigations of Piedmont and Triassic Rocks, Central North Carolina and Virginia, with a field trip guide on the bedrock geology of south central Virginia
edited by V. Price, Jr., P.A. Thayer and W.A. Ranson
A large work containing twelve associated papers covering vast portions of the Piedmont of both Virginia and North Carolina. The accompanying field trip visits stops in the crystalline Piedmont as well as the Late Triassic Dan River/Danville basin. 180 pages, 14 tables, 70 figures, 1 plate. The following maps are available by request only: Geologic Map, Field Stop Map, Aeromagnetic Map, Fold and Structure Map, Aeroradiometric Map, Gravity Map.
Hard copy source: out of print
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1981 States: SC, NC
Geological Investigations of the Kings Mountain Belt and Adjacent Areas in the Carolinas
edited by J. Wright Horton, Jr., J. Robert Butler and Daniel M. Milton
This volume contains twenty contributed papers covering vast portions of the Kings Mountain belt and vicinity in both South Carolina and North Carolina. 247 pages, 4 tables, 95 figures, 3 plates, published by the South Carolina Geological Survey as FG-16. Plate 1 is available by request only.
Hard copy source: South Carolina Geological Survey, Price $9.50
1982 State: SC
Geological Investigations Related to the Stratigraphy in the Kaolin Mining District, Aiken County, S.C.
edited by Paul G. Nystrom, Jr. and Ralph H. Willoughby
The purpose of this field trip is to examine the stratigraphy in part of the kaolin mining district of Southwestern Aiken County, SC. 183 pages, 5 tables, 66 figures, 1 plate, published by the South Carolina Geological Survey as FG-17.
Hard copy source: South Carolina Geological Survey, Price $10.00
1983 States: NC, TN
Geologic Investigations in the Blue Ridge of Northwestern North Carolina
edited by Sharon E. Lewis
This guidebook was prepared after extensive field work in Northwestern North Carolina along the Tennessee border. Includes a stop at the old Cranberry mine. 138 pages, 11 tables, 81 figures, 2 plates.
Hard copy source: out of print
1984 State: NC
A Stratigrapher’s View of the Carolina Slate Belt, Southcentral North Carolina
by Gail G. Gibson and Steven A. Teeter
This brief guidebook visits several classic stops in the low-grade metavolcanic rocks in the Albemarle – Morrow Mountain area. 43 pages, 3 figures.
Hard copy source: out of print
1985 States: NC, VA
The Virgilina Deformation: Implications of Stratigraphic Correlations in the Carolina Slate Belt
by Charles W. Harris and Lynn Glover, III
This trip visits two separate area of the Carolina Slate belt. Day 1 explores the geology of the Ramseur area (east of Asheboro, NC). Day 2 moves along strike to the Roxboro area (north of Durham). 58 pages, 1 table, 11 figures.
Hard copy source: Out of print
1986 State: SC
Cretaceous-Tertiary Stratigraphy of the Upper Edge of the Coastal Plain between North Augusta and Lexington, South Carolina
by Paul G. Nystrom, Jr., Ralph H. Willoughby, and Lucille E. Kite
The field trip presents a description of the stratigraphy in the upper edge of the Coastal Plain along a northeast-southwest transect in western South Carolina. 82 pages, 46 figures, 1 plate. Geologic map is available by request only.
Hard copy source: South Carolina Geological Survey, Price $7.50
1987 State: SC, GA
Anatomy of the Alleghanian Orogeny as seen from the Piedmont of South Carolina and Georgia
edited by Donald T. Secor, Jr.
The central theme of this field trip is the Alleghanian deformations along the Georgia-South Carolina border in the Carolina slate, Kiokee, and Belair belts. Field stops center along the Clark Hill Reservoir. 97 pages, 29 figures, 1 plate. Geologic map is available by request only.
Hard copy source: South Carolina Geological Survey, Price $7.50.
1988 State: NC
Structure of the Sauratown Mountains Window, North Carolina
edited by Robert D. Hatcher, Jr.
The geology of the Sauratown Mountains Window and its relationship to surrounding terranes is reexamined and redefined. 104 pages, 45 figures, 5 tables. Geologic map and Lineation map are available by request only.
Hard copy source: North Carolina Geological Survey, Price $15.00
1989 State: NC, SC
Campanian and Maastrichtian Depositional Systems of the Black Creek Group of the Carolinas
by James P. Owens and Norman F. Sohl
A new subdivision of the Cretaceous units of the Carolinas in presented, with field stops along the Cape Fear and Neuse River drainage basins. 23 pages, 9 figures.
Hard copy source: Out of print
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