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GENERAL GEOLOGY REPORTS

Publications on a variety of topics, including stratigraphy, paleontology, mineralogy, speleology, and
aerial geology.

Series and number	Title, Author, and Other Information	Price	Type	Availability
G 1	A syllabus of Pennsylvania geology and mineral resources, G. H. Ashley. 1931. 160 p., 2 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 2	Meteorites found in Pennsylvania, R. W. Stone and E. M. Starr. 2nd ed., 1967. 35 p.	Free†	Printed copy	Pa. Geol. Survey How to order
G 3	Pennsylvania caves, R. W. Stone, E. R. Barnsley, and W. O. Hickok IV. 2nd ed., 1932. 143 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 4	Devonian faunas in Pennsylvania, Bradford Willard. 1932. 43 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 5	Correlation of Ordovician limestone at Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, Lawrence Whitcomb. 1932. 16 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 6	The scenery of Pennsylvania, G. H. Ashley. 1933. 91 p., 1 pl.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 7	Glacial deposits outside the Wisconsin terminal moraine in Pennsylvania, Frank Leverett. 1934; 2nd printing, 1957. 123 p., 1 pl.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 7		Free	PDF	Online pub.
G 8	A Paleozoic section in south-central Pennsylvania, Bradford Willard and A. B. Cleaves. 1938. 38 p., 10 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 9	The geomorphology of the Wyoming-Lackawanna region, H. A. Itter. 1938; 2nd printing, 1959. 82 p., 9 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 10	Recent geological history of the Delaware Valley below the Water Gap, Freeman Ward. 1938; 2nd printing, 1962. 76 p., 10 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 11	A Paleozoic section at Delaware Water Gap, Bradford Willard. 1938. 35 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 12	Highway geology, Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Bradford Willard. 1939. 42 p., 17 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 13	Guide to the geology from Dauphin to Sunbury, Bradford Willard. 1939. 25 p., 7 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 14	Guide to the geology of the upper Schuylkill Valley, Bradford Willard. 1939. 24 p., 1 pl.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 15	Guidebook to the geology near Reading, Pa., Bradford Willard and D. M. Fraser. 1939. 27 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 16	Guidebook to places of geologic interest in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, B. L. Miller. 1939. 47 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 17	Guidebook to the geology about Pittsburgh, Henry Leighton. 1939; 2nd ed., 1947. 35 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 19	The Devonian of Pennsylvania, Bradford Willard, F. M. Swartz, and A. B. Cleaves. 1939. 481 p., 32 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 21	Subsurface Trenton and sub-Trenton rocks in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, C. R. Fettke. 1948. 36 p. (reprinted from AAPG Bulletin, v. 32, no. 8, p. 1457–1492).	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 22	Trenton and sub-Trenton of outcrop areas in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, F. M. Swartz. 1948; 2nd printing, 1973. 103 p. (reprinted from AAPG Bulletin, v. 32, no. 8, p. 1493–1595).	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 23	Pleistocene terraces of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, L. C. Peltier. 1949. 158 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 24	Guidebook to the geology of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Carlisle to Irwin, A. B. Cleaves and R. C. Stephenson. 1949. 72 p., 28 pls., geol. strip maps, scale approx. 1:62,500.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 26	The Pennsylvanian Mill Creek Limestone in Pennsylvania, M. M. Chow. 1951. 36 p., 4 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 28	Upper Cambrian fossils from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, B. F. Howell. 1957. 39 p., 5 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 29	Guide to the highway geology from Harrisburg to Bald Eagle Mountain, Bradford Willard, R. C. Conlin, and D. M. Hoskins. 1958. 38 p., 8 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 30	The geology of the Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp area, Perry County, Pennsylvania, J. T. Miller and R. B. Wells. 2nd ed., 1971; 2nd printing, 1973. 45 p., 2 pls., geol. map, scale 1:24,000.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 30		Free	PDF	Online pub.
G 31	The Annville, Myerstown and Hershey Formations of Pennsylvania, C. E. Prouty. 1959. 47 p., 1 pl.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 32	Glacial geology of northwestern Pennsylvania, V. C. Shepps, G. W. White, J. B. Droste, and R. F. Sitler. 1959. 59 p., 1 pl., glacial map, scale 1:125,000.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 32		Free	PDF	Online pub.
G 33	Mineral collecting in Pennsylvania, A. R. Geyer, R. C. Smith, II, and J. H. Barnes. 4th ed., 1976. 260 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 34	Annotated bibliography of Pennsylvania geology to 1949, H. R. Cramer. 1961; 2nd printing, 1974. 453 p.	7.00	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 35	Guide to the geology of Cornwall, Pennsylvania, Carlyle Gray and D. M. Lapham. 1961. 18 p., 2 pls., geol. map, scale 1:9,600 (1 in. = 800 ft).	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 36	Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Bloomsburg Formation of Pennsylvania and adjacent states, D. M. Hoskins. 1961. 125 p., 8 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 37	Stratigraphy of the Beekmantown Group in southeastern Pennsylvania, J. P. Hobson, Jr. 1963; 2nd printing, 1974. 331 p., 22 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 38	Lithostratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician Salona and Coburn Formations in central Pennsylvania, R. R. Thompson. 1963; 2nd printing, 1974. 154 p., 12 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 39	Symposium on Middle and Upper Devonian stratigraphy of Pennsylvania and adjacent states, edited by V. C. Shepps. 1963. 301 p. (collected papers by 25 authors).	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 40	Fossil collecting in Pennsylvania, D. M. Hoskins, J. D. Inners, and J. A. Harper. 3rd ed., 1983; 2nd printing, 1988. 215 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 41	Guidebook to the geology of the Philadelphia area, B. K. Goodwin. 1964. 189 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 42	Annotated bibliography of Pennsylvania geology—supplement to 1959, H. R. Cramer. 1965. 237 p.	Free†	Printed copy	Pa. Geol. Survey How to order
G 43	Provenance, dispersal, and depositional environments of Triassic sediments in the Newark-Gettysburg basin, J. D. Glaeser. 1966; 2nd printing, 1974. 168 p., 9 pls., geol. map, scale approx. 1:633,600 (1 in. = approx. 10 mi).	7.50	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 44	Structure and stratigraphy of the limestones and dolomites of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, D. B. MacLachlan. 1967; 2nd printing, 1974. 168 p., 1 pl., geol. map, scale 1:24,000.	Out of print	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 45	Structure of the Jacksonburg Formation in Northampton and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania, W. C. Sherwood. 1964. 64 p., 1 pl., geol. map, scale 1:62,500.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 46	Geological investigations of the Pennsylvania Piedmont. 1964; 2nd printing, 1973. 47 p., 6 pls. (collected reprints from Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 75, p. 621–668).	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 47	Stratigraphy of Lower Ordovician Nittany Dolomite in central Pennsylvania, A. R. Spelman. 1966. 187 p., 24 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 48	Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Mahantango Formation in south-central Pennsylvania, R. L. Ellison. 1965; 3rd printing, 1986. 298 p., 19 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 49	Stratigraphy of the Cambrian to Middle Ordovician rocks of central and western Pennsylvania, W. R. Wagner. 1966; 2nd printing, 1974. 156 p., 7 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 50	Guide to the Horse Shoe Curve section between Altoona and Gallitzin, central Pennsylvania, F. M. Swartz. 1965. 58 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 51	Stratigraphy of the Devonian Trimmers Rock in eastern Pennsylvania, L. A. Frakes. 1967. 208 p., 1 pl.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 52	Stratigraphy of the Lower Ordovician Axemann limestone in central Pennsylvania, J. A. Lees. 1967; 2nd printing, 1974. 79 p., 19 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 53	A lithostratigraphic, petrographic and chemical investigation of the lower Middle Ordovician carbonate rocks in central Pennsylvania, Morris Rones. 1969. 224 p., 8 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 54	Stratigraphy, structure, and sedimentary patterns in the Upper Devonian of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, D. L. Woodrow. 1968. 78 p., 4 pls., geol. map, scale 1:62,500.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 55	Pleistocene stratigraphy of northwestern Pennsylvania, G. W. White, S. M. Totten, and D. L. Gross. 1969; 2nd printing, 1974. 88 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 56	Geology and land use in eastern Washington County, Pennsylvania, B. H. Kent, S. P. Schweinfurth, and J. B. Roen. 1969; 2nd printing, 1974. 31 p., 2 pls., lithologic maps, scale 1:24,000.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 56A	Geology and land use in eastern Washington County, Pennsylvania, California and Monongahela 7½-minute quadrangles, S. P. Schweinfurth, J. B. Roen, and B. H. Kent. 1971; 2nd printing, 1973. 2 pls., lithologic maps, scale 1:24,000 (see G 56 for text).	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 57	Surficial geology of the Stroudsburg quadrangle, Pennsylvania-New Jersey, J. B. Epstein. 1969; 2nd printing, 1973. 67 p., 3 pls., surficial geol. map, scale 1:24,000.	3.50	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 58	Carbonates of the Lower and Middle Ordovician in central Pennsylvania, H. S. Chafetz. 1969. 39 p., 2 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 59	Geology of the Pittsburgh area, W. R. Wagner, Louis Heyman, R. E. Gray, and others. 1970; 2nd printing, 1974. 145 p., 3 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 60	Pleistocene geology and unconsolidated deposits of the Delaware Valley, Matamoras to Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania, G. H. Crowl. 1971; 2nd printing, 1974. 40 p., 1 pl., surficial geol. map, scale 1:24,000.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 61	Annotated bibliography of Pennsylvania geology—supplement to 1969, H. R. Cramer. 1972. 345 p.	6.00	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 62	Upper Devonian marine-nonmarine transition, southern Pennsylvania, R. G. Walker. 1972. 25 p., 1 pl.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 63	Upper Devonian stratigraphy and sedimentary environments in northeastern Pennsylvania, J. D. Glaeser. 1974. 89 p., 1 pl.	Out of print	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 64	Pleistocene beach ridges of northwestern Pennsylvania, E. E. Schooler. 1974. 38 p., 2 sheets, surficial geol. map, scale 1:24,000; map showing Pleistocene features of N. Erie Co., scale approx. 1:125,000; map showing strandlines, scale approx. 1:53,000 (1 in. = approx. 4,417 ft).	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 65	Caves of southeastern Pennsylvania, compiled by J. R. Reich, Jr. 1974. 120 p., 17 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 66	Geology and biology of Pennsylvania caves, edited by W. B. White. 1976. 103 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 67	Caves of western Pennsylvania, edited by W. B. White. 1976. 97 p., 7 pls.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 70	Middle Devonian stratigraphy in central Pennsylvania—a revision, R. T. Faill, D. M. Hoskins, and R. B. Wells. 1978. 28 p., 1 pl.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 71	Glacial border deposits of late Wisconsinan age in northeastern Pennsylvania, G. H. Crowl and W. D. Sevon. 1980. 68 p., 1 pl., surficial geol. map, scale 1:100,000 (1 in. = approx. 1.6 mi).	11.00	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 72	Fossil plants from the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania, John Oleksyshyn. 1982; 2nd printing, 1988. 157 p.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 73	Annotated bibliography of Pennsylvania geology—supplement to 1979. 1986. 408 p.	6.00	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order
G 74	Geology of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, J. P. Wilshusen. 1983. 121 p., 1 pl., geol. map, scale 1:250,000.	Out of print	Printed copy	Repository libraries
G 75	Stratigraphic correlation chart of Pennsylvania, T. M. Berg, M. K. McInerney, J. H. Way, and D. B. MacLachlan. 1983; 3rd printing, revised, 1993. 1 sheet, 42" x 58", plus 2 p. addendum.	5.00	Printed copy	State Bookstore How to order

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