Geology Of Georgia (U.S. State)
The U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia is commonly divided into four Geology of North America, geologic regions that influence the location of the state's four traditional Physiographic region, physiographic regions. The four geologic regions include the Appalachian foreland, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. These four geologic regions commonly share names with and typically overlap the four physiographic (i.e. topographic) regions of the state: the Appalachian Plateau and adjacent Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, Valley and Ridge; the Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge; the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont and the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Coastal Plain. The geologic regions of the state, established by geologists based on relationships between stratigraphic units, significantly influence the physiographic regional names used by physical geographers. Geologic regions of the state, however, do not perfectly coincide with physiographic regions of the state. Most geol ...
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