Free Downloadable Publications

  • FTG-9: What the H!? Paleozoic Stratigraphy Exposed, Regional Stratigraphy and Structure in the Central Appalachians from the Ordovician to the Pennsylvanian as seen in new outcrops along US 48 (“Corridor H”) and other locations in eastern West Virginia
    Hunt, P.J., R.R. McDowell, B.M. Blake, Jr., J. Toro, and P.A. Dinterman, 2017, What the H!?Paleozoic Stratigraphy Exposed, Pre-Meeting Field Trip Guide for the 46th Annual Meeting, Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (ESAAPG, Morgantown, West Virginia, September 24 and 25, 2017: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Field Trip Guide FTG-9, 87 p.

  • FTG-10: Appalachian Basin Stratigraphy, Tectonics, and Eustasy from the Blue Ridge to the Allegheny Front, Virginia and West Virginia
    Haynes, John T., Alan D. Pitts, Daniel H. Doctor, Richard J. Diecchio, B. Mitchell Blake, Jr., 2018, Appalachian Basin Stratigraphy, Tectonics, and Eustasy from the Blue Ridge to the Allegheny Front, Virginia and West Virginia: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Field Trip Guide FTG-10, 86 p. This guide is from a two-day field trip in western Virginia and eastern West Virginia held before the 2015 Geological Society of America annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The field trip examines exposures of Paleozoic sedimentary strata in the Appalachian Basin starting in the Blue Ridge physiographic province, going through the Valley and Ridge physiographic province, and ending in the Appalachian Plateau physiographic province. Most of the field-trip stops are along US 48 (Corridor H) in West Virginia.

  • B-46: Hydrogeology, Groundwater Flow, and Groundwater Quality of an Abandoned Underground Coal-Mine Aquifer, Elkhorn Area, West Virginia
    Kozar, Mark D., McCoy, Kurt J., Britton, James Q., Blake Jr., Bascombe M., 2012, 103 p, 38 f, 9 tables. This report presents results of a three-year investigation of the geology, hydrology, geochemistry, and groundwater flow processes within abandoned underground coal mines of the Pocahontas No. 3 coal seam, used as a source of water for public supply in the Elkhorn area, McDowell County, West Virginia.

  • ED-15: Conceptual Understanding Series for West Virginia Teachers: Plate Tectonics
    J. J. Renton, T. E. Repine, Jr., 2009, 33 p, 33 f, 8.5” x 14”. Booklet to assist the K-12 science teacher in understanding and teaching introductory theories and concepts of plate tectonics. Classroom activities and demonstrations. Engaging and well illustrated conversational text style. Associated downloadable JPG illustrations (that can be used for projection purposes) available on the WVGES website: http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geoeduc/geoeduc.htm. See also more in this series: ED-16, ED-17.

  • ED-16: Conceptual Understanding Series for West Virginia Teachers: Sedimentary Rocks
    J. J. Renton, T. E. Repine, Jr., 2011, 48 p, 94 f, 8.5” x 14". Booklet to assist the K-12 science teacher in understanding and teaching introductory theories and concepts covering the formation and deformation of sedimentary rocks. Classroom activities and demonstrations. Engaging and well illustrated conversational text style. Associated downloadable JPG illustrations (that can be used for projection purposes) available on the WVGES website: http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geoeduc/geoeduc.htm. See also more in this series: ED-15, ED-17.

  • ED-17: Conceptual Understanding Series for West Virginia Teachers: Igneous Rocks
    J. J. Renton, T. E. Repine, Jr., 2013, 19 p, 31 f, 8.5” x 14”. Booklet to assist the K-12 science teacher in understanding and teaching introductory theories and concepts covering the formation and identification of common igneous rocks. Classroom activities and demonstrations. Engaging and well illustrated conversational text style. Associated downloadable JPG illustrations (that can be used for projection purposes) available on the WVGES website: http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geoeduc/geoeduc.htm. See also more in this series: ED-15, ED-16.

  • MAP-29A: Generalized Stratigraphic Chart for West Virginia
    Update periodically, 2 p. This stratigraphic column includes official standard geologic nomenclature used by WVGES in West Virginia as well as oil-and-gas drillers' terms; also includes page of selected references.

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