northeastern pennsylvania geology?

Question

im doing an earth science project on geology in northeastern pennsylvania (specifically venango county). i need to know about what sorts of rocks are in that area and how they were formed...i know that they are mainly sedimentary and some metamorphic..but i still need more information than that, if at all possible. also, i already tried ask and google..no luck..so please, if you can help, it would be great. thanks!

i do not want anyone "doing my homework" for the record. i just wanted to know if anyone knows of a site that has this sort of information on it. thanks.

type-o. sorry, it is northwestern. i was looking at the wrong part of the assignment haha, everything else is good though

Answer 1

Interesting project...hope I can help. I see your problem...most of the geologic effort in Pennsylvania has been in Central and Western Penn so far but there is a mapping effort going on right now in northeastern Penn. and maybe they can be of some help to you.

Surficial geologic mapping is ongoing in northeastern Pennsylvania by Duane Braun, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. For information on the progress of digital products for these quadrangles, contact Tom Whitfield at 717–702–2023.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/field/nepa.aspx

I was confused when you said Venango county though. I thought that was in western Penn? Not that I've worked the area so I could be wrong LOL. I am a geologist but I mostly work West Africa and South America. Not too much in the US except for offshore Gulf of Mexico.

The most useful information locally can usually be had at the State Geologic Survey. Here's the link:

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/

Universities with geology departments are also usually a very good source for local information. Here's a link to the resume of an associate prof. at Susquehanna. She has apparently done some work in northeastern Penn. Maybe she can steer you to some more resources.

http://www.susqu.edu/geology/faculty/elick.pdf

And then, of course, there's always the coal mining. Here's a link to one of those sites:

http://www.shulersnet.com/coalcracker/coalfeld.htm

I hope this helps. It should be an interesting project. Feel free to IM or email me if you get stuck and I'll be glad to help if I can. Good luck!

Answer 2

I would highly reccomend going to the local library or using the internet as a research tool not a "someone do my homework for me tool."