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Appalachians: Introduction
A scenic view of the Appalachian mountains.
The Appalachian Basin Region is a physiographic province extending from Alabama to Maine and encompasses the eastern seaboard of the United States. Evidence suggests the complex geology of the region was formed by a series of continental plate collisions and deformation resulting in the Appalachian Mountains and large areas of elongated, faulted, and deformed ridges and valleys. Over time erosion has carried sediments seaward to the continental shelf and modified the landscape to the more familiar piedmont terraine. The region contains large amounts of natural resources and a long history of oil, gas, and coal production. The first oil wells in the U.S. were discovered in this province and research and assessments continue on these prolific coal and oil and gas deposits. This web site provides access to the diverse Energy Resources Program research activities and products within the Appalachian Basin Region.
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 APPALACHIANS
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Geologic cross section D–D’ through the Appalachian basin from the Findlay arch, Sandusky County, Ohio, to the Valley and Ridge province, Hardy County, West Virginia, (2009):
USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3067
USGS, Energy Resources Program, Appalachian Basin Interactive Map
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 RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Log ASCII Standard (LAS) files for geophysical (gamma ray) wireline well logs and their application to geologic cross section C-C’ through the central Appalachian basin, (2009):
USGS Open File Report 2009-1021
Production and Depletion of Appalachian and Illinois Basin Coal Resources, Chapter H, in Pierce, B.S., and Dennen, K.O., eds., The National Coal Resource Assessment Overview, (2009):
USGS Professional Paper 1625-F, 22 p
Geologic map of the Shenandoah National Park region Virginia, (2009):
USGS Open-File Report 2009–1153
Thermal Maturity Patterns (CAI and %Ro) in Upper Ordovician and Devonian Rocks of the Appalachian Basin: A Major Revision of USGS Map I-917-E Using New Subsurface Collections, (2008):
USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3006
RELATED LINKS
Geologic Society of America (GSA) website
Non-USGS Website
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) website
Non-USGS Website
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