Final Report of the State Geologist, Volume IV: The Physical Geography of New Jersey

The fourth volume of the Final Report of the State Geologist presents a survey of the physical geography of the State of New Jersey. In the first part of the report, the four great divisions of the state are described: the Kittatinny mountain and the Kttatinny or Great Valley; the Highlands; the red shale and sandstone plain, with its trap ridges; and the clay and greensand marl belt, merging southeast into the coastal plain. The second part is devoted to the history of the origin and development of the surface. The changes caused by the elevations of the land out of the sea and again by its submergence; by the wearing down of the land by rains and streams, the work of the winds drifting the sands.Report was presented to the Governor of New Jersey by John C, Smock, the State Geologist.includes an indexPurpose: To present a report on the physical geography of New Jerse