Geo 201: Physiographic Provinces Of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania colony had about 6 different Native American tribes. Pennsylvania is one of the Atlantic coast colony. The Pennsylvania became a colony in the year 1681. The religion that Pennsylvania had was Quaker. The purpose of the Pennsylvania is for Quakers did not have strict rules. Pennsylvania is also called Penn Woods. Also Penn Woods was named After Admiral

Determining the location of the Shawangunk Mountain formation from our position on the outcrop can demonstrate a lot about the upbringing of this formation. The Shawangunk Formation, consisting of quartz pebble conglomerate from the Middle Silurian age, extends from south of the Hudson Valley down south until Virginia. The vanishing of the formation within the area of Rosendale, NY has led to investigations of tectonic events. Due to the Taconic orogeny, we see the formation of the Shawangunk Mountains being formatted. Through the transgression of fluvial system, the Shawangunk Mountain formation rose southeast as the result of the tectonic deformation. The coarse-grained beds in the lower portion of the outcrop demonstrate a very

Many historians think about how Pennsylvania had a big impact on the United States that we call home today.Pennsylvania was one of the first thirteen colonies which also means it was one of the first states to come up with laws.The reason Pennsylvania had such a big effect on the United States history is that our ancestors made fairly good decisions but they also made bad decisions.When William Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1681 on what was known as the Quaker religion. When people look at the history Pennsylvania they see the good things our ancestors chose to do when it came to setting up the thirteen colonies, but what most people overlook is the bad things they chose to do like how they slaughtered thousands of Indians at one time.So with

The Lynne deposit lies within the early Proterozoic Penokean fold belt of the southern province of the Precambrian Shield. The fold belt is divided into two major terranes in Wisconsin (Sims 1989). The first is the northern Penokean terrane, which contains major oxide facies iron formations and granitic intrusions (DeMatties 1989). The second major terrane, separated from the Penokean terrane by the Niagara fault zone, is the Wisconsin magmatic terrane, characterized by a volcanic island arc-basin assemblage (Sims 1989). This southern terrane lacks major oxide facies iron formations, but contains abundant tonalite-granite intrusions (DeMatties 1989). The Wisconsin magmatic terrane is further subdivided into the northern Pembine-Wausau terrane and the southern Marshfield terrane, which are separated by the Eau Pleine shear zone, a north-dipping subduction zone (Sims 1989).

The Ozark Mountains are characterized by eroded plateaus caused by the collision of the super continent of Gondwana, which compressed the present continents of South America, Africa, Antarctica and other land masses. These forces uplifted Arkansas with limestone and calcareous rocks such as sandstone and chert. Erosion lowered the surface creating a level plateaus which included: The Boston Plateau, the Springfield Plateau, and the Salem Plateaus. Rivers, over time, cut valleys into the plateaus. Present day Fayetteville-Springdale-Rodgers, Harrison, Mountain Home, Batesville, and Clinton are all cities which are within the Ozark Mountains boundaries.

The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Piedmont extends through the central part of the state. It extends from the foothills of the Blue Ridge to the Fall Line. At the Fall Line, the rivers cascade down in elevation to the coastal plain located in the

regions of Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania for the reason that the lands of Ohio that were

Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 colonies, it became the second state administrated into the union on Dec 12 1787.Like other states Pennsylvania has a motto,Pennsylvania’s motto is “Virtue,Liberty, and Independance”.Pennsylvania’s total population is about 12,703,379 (but it’s ever changing) there is about 49,188 in Pennsylvania’s capital Harrisburg which is about 1/240 of the total poppulation. Pennsylvania’s state bird is the ruffed grouse, the state flower is the mountain laurel, and the state tree is the eastern hemlock. Pennsylvania Has many nicknames such as the keystone,oil,coal, and quaker state and state of independance. The origin of Pennsylvania’s name is from it’s founder Quaker Penn as Pennsylvania in dutch means “Penn’s Woods”.

Pennsylvania, nicknamed the Keystone State, may be the 33rd largest state area-wise, but it is the 6th largest population-wise 1. This is most-likely due to urban areas like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, settlement of europeans after the discovery of “The New World” and, possibly, the immense amount of history and contribution to the development of the United States of America. Philadelphia is known as the “birthplace of the United States.”

Pennsylvania is one of the first 13 colonies that were found in the United States. In the year of 1681 William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is the 12th colonies found in the first 13. The colony of Pennsylvania was founded because William Penn was issued by King George II because of his significant debt owed to his father Admiral Penn. It was named Pennsylvania which meant Penns Woods, after Admiral Penn. Pennsylvania is one of the more average colonies in the first 13 colonies. Pennsylvania is also in the middle colonies along with the colonies of New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. Many people in the other colonies wanted to move into Pennsylvania which is where they had made their colony freedom of religion. This

Throughout the second half of the 17th century, the land now known as America experienced a large increase in colonization. One of the colonies formed during the 1680s was Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, formed in 1683 by a Quaker named William Penn, was set up as a place of religious tolerance for the persecuted Quakers and others. In the first few laws passed in the Pennsylvania legislature called colloquially the “Great Law”, the legislators set to preserve this tolerance by declaring that”… nor shall he or she at any time be Compelled to frequent or Maintaine any Religious Worshipp place or Ministry whatever Contrary to his or her mind” . With this legislation, Pennsylvania became a place for groups such as Jews to immigrate to in order to

The discovery of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s led to the development of a robust coal industry in the eastern part of Pennsylvania that grew rapidly and contributed greatly to the history and the economy of Pennsylvania. The book The Face of Decline written by Thomas Dublin, Walter Licht, provides a well written historical and personal account of the discovery, growth, and finally the collapse of the anthracite coal industry in Pennsylvania in a chronological format. Half way through the book one starts to notice some changes in the authors format to cause and effect. The change occurs in order to discuss the cause and resulting effect of events in the region and the solutions. The story is one of great growth and opportunity in the early years which are highlighted by the documented economic growth experienced and supported through testimony within the eastern Pennsylvania coal region. After a period of economic prosperity and community growth from 1900 through 1940 challenges began to erode and occur that created problems for the community and the economy that the coal industry provided. Finally the region’s economy suffered horrendous losses as described by interviews of local residents and families who lived and experienced the rise of the region’s economy. Many of the scars are still evident by the blight and decaying scenes one would experience by traveling through the region’s communities that once fueled the American economy with the energy

When thinking about volcanic outcrops, one generally thinks of islands and plate boundaries such as the northwestern coast of the United States, Hawaii, or New Zealand. However, 1.4 billion years ago, super volcanoes characterized the Midwestern United States. Today, the Midwest is known for its’ rather simple “layer cake geology.” The Midwest is a part of the North American Craton, meaning that it has remained relatively stable for the past 600 million years. Thus, a volcanic field is definitely not the first thought to pop into someone’s mind when thinking about this region. However, the Midwest is home to the St. Francois Mountains, which is a topic that is under represented in the geologic curriculum. The St. Francois Mountains are located

formed are formed in a geological low-temperature metamorphic process in which involving heat and water. This process involves heat and water also in which low-silica mafic and ultramafic rocks are oxidized as well as hydrolyzed with water into serpentine. Peridotite, including, dunite, at and near the seafloor and in mountain belts is also converted to Serpentine, as well as brucite, and magnetite other minerals, and even native iron.

Compression-induced by the collision of the Iapetus rocks with North America caused a downwarp in the crust of the west Taconic mountains. Sagging crust from the downwarp was flooded by a broad shallow inland ocean and filled with sediments. This is evidenced because the Appalachian basin was formed by the downwarp in the crust of the west Taconic mountain. Sediments deposited in delta from the western side of the mountain, the Iapetus ocean, North America, Baltica, and the Gondwana plates converged. After a period of erosion, land began to subside and the water began to occupy the land.