| Geologic
map of New Jersey. Click on the image to see a larger version. The
sketch below outlines the physiographic provinces of NJ. >>Download a PDF
file of the geologic map and a detailed explanation of the physiographic
provinces. This file was produced by the NJ
Geological Survey.
The diagram
below shows a regional cross section through the major physiographic
provinces of eastern Pennsylvania and NJ. The red line is a large normal
fault, movement on which produced the Newark rift basin. The area labeled
Piedmont on the cross section is mostly covered by Coastal Plain sediments
in NJ. Modified from Johnson, D., 1931, Stream sculpture on the Atlantic
slope: New York, Columbia University Press. |
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