CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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2010s
Coastal Processes Field Trip: Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island, and Edisto Beach State Park
by Miles O. Hayes, Jacqueline Michel, and Tim Kana
This rare September field trip introduced participants to the general geomorphology and coastal processes of the South Carolina Coast, with specific stops concerning inlet migration and transgressive barrier island complexes. 42 pages.
Hard copy source: Out of print gb 2010.pdf
Geology, Natural Gas Potential, and Mineral Resources of Lee, Chatham, and Moore Counties, North Carolina
by Timothy W. Clark, Kenneth B. Taylor, and Philip J. Bradley
Stops included outcrops of the Late Triassic Sanford, Cumnock, and Pekin Formations, as well as an abandoned 19th-century coal mine, some of the oldest plant fossils in North Carolina, a discussion on the potential energy resources in the area from shale gas, and pyrite collecting from a nearby pyrophyllite quarry. 42 pages.
Hard copy source: Out of print gb 2011.pdf
Geologic Studies of the Inner Piedmont, Brevarrd Zone, and Blue RIdge, South Carolina and North Carolina
by John M. Garihan, William A. Ranson, Suresh Muthukrishnan, James L. Bridgeman, and Tom Goforth
Hard copy source: Out of print gb 2012.pdf
One Arc, Two Arcs, Old Arc, New Arc: The Carolina Terrane in Central North Carolina
edited by James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock
Hard copy source: Price $33.00 Contact CGS Secretary-Treasurer
Recognizing the Cambrian Rheic margin of Carolinia in the Kings Mountain terrane
by Allen Dennis
The field trip will focus on the characteristics of the Rheic passive margin of Carolinia as the terrane rifted from Amazonian Gondwana in the Cambrian, and will review recent geochronology completed in the Kings Mountain terrane. The trip will also include a stop across the central Piedmont shear zone in the Hallman-Beam spodumene pegmatite mine in Bessemer City, North Carolina.
Hard copy source: Price $12.00 Contact CGS Secretary-Treasurer
The Geology of Crowders Mountain State Park, North Carolina - A Guide for the Non-Geologist
by Phil Bradley
Prepared in conjunction with the 2014 Carolina Geological Society’s Annual Field Trip, this document explains the Geology of the Crowders Mountain State Park area with terms and explanations geared towards those with little to no geologic knowledge. Contains two (2) pull-out 11” x 17” geologic maps.
Hard copy source: Price $7.00 Contact CGS Secretary-Treasurer
GeologyCrowdersMntStatePark.pdf
Tectonic History of the Eastern Piedmont in South Carolina
by Donald T. Secor,Jr., C. Scott Howard, and Robert H. Morrow IV
Coming Soon
Geology of the Mount Rogers area, revisited, Blue Ridge, VA–NC–TN
by Arthur J. Merschat, Christopher S. Holm-Denoma, Jamie Levine, Ryan J. McAleer, Scott Southworth, and Crystal G. Wilson
The 2016 CGS field trip was held to honor Douglas W. Rankin for his contributions to our understanding of the Mt. Rogers area and southern Appalachian tectonics.
Hard copy source: Price $22.00 Contact CGS Secretary-Treasurer
Ramping Through the Piedmont
by James Hibbard, Philip Bradley, and Brent Owens
The theme of the 2017 Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting and Field Trip was the Hyco shear zone and associated rocks in the Appalachian Piedmont of north central North Carolina. The shear zone was first recognized by the North Carolina State University tectonics research group more than twenty-five years ago. Significant portions of the shear zone and surrounding geology were mapped and studied by Jim Hibbard and his students.
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