Excerpt from Geology and Geomorphology of the Southern Central Blue Ridge: An Indexed Bibliography

Much research has already been done on the geology and geomorphology of the Blue Ridge. The purpose of this bibliography is to provide researchers access to these accumulated references. The emphasis of the bibliography is on the geology of the region, for there appears to be relatively little scientific literature written on the geomorphology of this portion of the Blue Ridge.

This bibliography covers the Central and Southern Blue Ridge physiographic provinces from southcentral Pennsylvania to northeastern Georgia. Along this corridor the Blue Ridge ranges from five miles to more than 50 miles in width (hunt However, the geologic processes which generated the Blue Ridge were also responsible for the stratigraphy and structure of the rocks in the remainder of the Appalachian belt, namely the Piedmont, Valley and Ridge, and the Appalachian Plateaus. Although the Blue Ridge terminates in Georgia, the rocks, stratigraphy, and structural trends continue into Alabama and in fact may be continuous with the Ouachita Province farther to the west. Because of the intimate geologic relationship of the Appalachian physiographic provinces, the author has included selected references on Piedmont and Valley and Ridge geology representative of this relationship (thomas et al. 1980; Thomas 1973; Milici 1970, The earliest works in geology appeared to have two functions: to describe the geology of an area (kieth 1903, 1904, 19058; Hitchcock 1885; Jones 1923; etc.) or to determine the economic importance of mineral deposits (emmons and Laney 1926.

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