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Table of Contents - GSA Field Guide 8

Excursions in Geology and History: Field Trips in the Middle Atlantic States

Edited by Frank J. Pazzaglia


1. Geology of the Gettysburg battlefield: How Mesozoic events and processes impacted American history
R.J. Cuffey, J.D. Inners, G.M. Fleeger, R.C. Smith II, J.C. Neubaum, R.C. Keen, L. Butts, H.L. Delano, V.A. Neubaum, and R.H. Howe
1
2. A tour of the Peach Bottom Slate — Once the best building slate in the world
J.L. Jones, C.K. Scharnberger, M.A. Schlegel, and D.C. Robinson
17
3. The great Centralia mine fire: A natural laboratory for the study of coal fires
G.B. Stracher, M.A. Nolter, P. Schroeder, J. McCormack, D.R. Blake, and D.H. Vice
33
4. Geology of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, New Jersey–Pennsylvania
J.B. Epstein
47
5. Rodinian collisional and escape tectonics in the Hudson Highlands, New York
A.E. Gates, D.W. Valentino, M.L. Gorring, E.R. Thern, and J. Chiarenzelli
65
6. Refining the metamorphic and tectonic history of the southeastern Pennsylvania Piedmont: Recent results from monazite and zircon geochronology and accessory-phase thermometry
J.M. Pyle, H. Bosbyshell, and G.C. Blackmer
83
7. Tectonic history of the Blue Ridge, north-central Virginia
C.M. Bailey, S. Southworth, and R.P. Tollo
113
8. Central Appalachian Piedmont and Blue Ridge tectonic transect, Potomac River corridor
S. Southworth, A.A. Drake Jr., D.K. Brezinski, R.P. Wintsch, M.J. Kunk, J.N. Aleinikoff, C.W. Naeser, and N.D. Naeser
135
9. Rivers, glaciers, landscape evolution, and active tectonics of the central Appalachians, Pennsylvania and Maryland
F.J. Pazzaglia, D.D. Braun, M. Pavich, P. Bierman, N. Potter Jr., D. Merritts, R. Walter, and D. Germanoski
169
10. Along-strike changes in fold-thrust belt architecture: Examples from the Hudson Valley, New York
K.C. Burmeister and S. Marshak
199
11. 135 million years of history in southwestern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
R.A. Scheinfeld and C.M. Davenger
217
12. Bicycle tour of the geology and hydrology of Philadelphia
R.A. Scheinfeld
229
13. Journey into anthracite
A.R. Frantz, E.L. Simpson, and D.W. Freudenberger
239