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For more information or to purchase any of the PGS publications, contact:
John A. Harper
Pennsylvania Geological Survey
400 Waterfront Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745
Telephone: (412) 442-4230
Fax: (412) 442-4298
Please be aware that when field trips are designed, permission to enter sites is requested from the landowners. Safety equipment is also used by field trip participants. Some of the field trip stops are in dangerous or high traffic areas. Therefore, the PGS recommends caution and responsible behavior if our field trip guides or field trip guides from other sources are used.
The following should be noted:
1. PGS acquired permissions to enter sites, both privately and publicly owned, and anyone using these guides is advised to do the same, providing they don't wish to be arrested for trespassing.
2. While the guidebook information was accurate at the time of printing, the quality or accuracy of the information may have changed over time. It should be noted that although some of the older publications may no longer be accurate, their historical significance can be especially valuable.
3. Safety practices (hardhats, steel-toed boots, and safety glasses) are fostered on PGS field trips and readers are encouraged to do the same as serious injury can result from carelessness. Nobody benefits from a rock shard to the eye or a cascade of rocks on the head. PGS waives responsibility for the use or misuse of these guidebooks.
YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION BEFORE ENTERING PRIVATE PROPERTY, HIGHWAY STOPS, OR RAILROAD CUTS.
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Print * If 18 and 19
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No.
Title
Price
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1.
Geology
of the Northern Portion of the Appalachian Basin
Pittsburgh Geological Society,
1948,. Guidebook, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midyear
Meeting, Pittsburgh, October 4-9, 1948,121 p. OOP*
2.
(No
title)
A. I. Ingham, W. S. Lytle,
F. Preston, C. E. Prouty, and R. E. Sherrill, 1950, Guidebook, 16th Annual
Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, Pittsburgh, May 26-28, 1950,
47 p. OOP
3.
Geologic
Cross-Section Across Northern Ohio
J. F. Pepper, G. T. Thomas,
and J. R. Lockett, 1953, Pittsburgh Geological Society, scale approx.
1 in. = 11 mi. OOP
4.
Field
Guidebook of Appalachian Geology, Pittsburgh to New York; Pittsburgh
Geological Society, 1955, Guidebook, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, New York, 1955, 119p $4.00
+1.50 S&H
5.
Tectonics
and Cambro-Ordovician Stratigraphy in the Central Appalachians
of Pennsylvania
W. R. Wagner and R. P. Nickelsen,
1963, Guidebook, Pittsburgh Geological Society and Appalachian Geological
Society Field Conference, September, 1963, 129 p.
6.
A
Field Guide to Allegheny Deltaic Deposits in the Upper Ohio Valley with
a Commentary on Deltaic Aspects of Carboniferous Rocks in the Northern Appalachian
Plateau
J. C. Ferm and V. V. Cavaroc,
1969, Guidebook, Ohio Geological Society and Pittsburgh Geological
Society, Spring Field Trip, 1969, 19 p. Free Download
7.
Environmental
Geology in the Pittsburgh Area
R. D. Thompson, ed., 1971,
Guidebook, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC, 1971, Field Trip 6, 47 p. 4.00 +1.50 S&H
8.
"Lots"
of Danger: Property Buyer's Guide to Land Hazards of Southwestern Pennsylvania
J. L. Freedman, ed., 1977,
Pittsburgh Geological Society, 85 p. $4.00+1.50 S&H
9.
Land
Use and Abuse: The Allegheny County Problem
W. R. Adams, R. P. Briggs,
H. F. Ferguson, N. K. Flint, and W. S. Skinner, 1980, Guidebook, 45th Annual
Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, Pittsburgh, October 3-4,
1980, 116 p. Available on CD-ROM from The Field Conference of Pennsylvania
Geologists, Inc., 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057, telephone
717-702-2017, http://www.paonline.com/gfleeger/fcopg/. Cost: $10.00. OOP
10.
Stratigraphic
Analysis of Carboniferous Rocks in Southwestern Pennsylvania Using
a Hierarchy of Transgressive-Regressive Units;
Brezinski, D. K., and Busch, R. M., 1984,. Guidebook, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, Eastern Section Meeting, Pittsburgh, October 13-14,
1984, 104 p.
OOP
11.
Geology
of McConnells Mill and Moraine State Park Areas
D. W. Watson, 1990, Guidebook,
Pittsburgh Geological Society Spring Field Trip, May 19, 1990, variously
paginated.Free Download
12.
Fossil
Collecting in the Pittsburgh Area
J. A. Harper, 1990, Guidebook,
Pittsburgh Geological Society Summer Field Trip, July 29, 1990, 50 p. Free Download
13.
Subway,
Tunnels and Scenery
R. P. Briggs and C. D. Parke,
1991, Guidebook, Pittsburgh Geological Society Spring Field Trip, April
27, 1991, 34 p.Free Download
14.
Measuring
and Predicting Reservoir Heterogeneity in Complex Deposystems:
The Late Cambrian Rose Run Sandstone of Eastern Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania
R. A. Riley, J. A. Harper,
M. T. Baranoski, C. D. Laughrey, and R. W. Carlson, 1993, Appalachian
Oil and Natural Gas Research Consortium, West Virginia University,
257 p. $10.00
+2.00 S&H
15.
1994
Spring Field Trip Field Guide to Monroeville Landfill,
Monroeville, PA; P.
J. Hutchinson and J. Santangelo, 1994, Guidebook, Pittsburgh Geological Society
Spring Field Trip, May 21, 1994, 22 p. OOP
16.
Pittsburgh
Geological Society Golden Anniversary (1945-1995) Field Guide Book;
P. J. Hutchinson, ed., 1995,
Guidebook, Pittsburgh Geological Society Spring Field Trip, May, 1995,
three separate trips paginated separately.
Free Download
17.
Cambrian
and Ordovician Rocks of the Birmingham Area, Blair and Huntingdon Counties,
Pennsylvania; J.
A. Harper, C. D. Laughrey, and B. Tormey, 1996, Guidebook, Pittsburgh Geological
Society Spring Field Trip, May 4, 1996, 54 p.
Free Download
18.*
The
Atlas of Major Appalachian Gas Plays;
J. B. Roen and B. J. Walker,
eds., 1996, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Publication
V-25, 201 p.
$75.00 + 5.00 S&H
19.*
Gas
Atlas Database
(a digital ASCII file of data on > 5,100 Appalachian reservoirs to accompany
The Atlas of major Appalachian Gas Plays); J. B. Roen and B. J. Walker,
eds., 1996, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Publication V-25.
$40.00 + 1.50 S&H
20.
Conquest
of the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania:
The Engineering Geology of Forbes Road, 1758-1764
R.P. Briggs, 1997, Guidebook,
Pittsburgh Geological Society Spring Field Trip, May, 1997, 29 p. plus
l3 p. of illustrations.
21.
The
Geology of Pennsylvania,
C.H. Shultz, ed., 1998, co-published by the Pittsburgh Geological Society
and the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 900+ pages.
Order from Pa. State Bookstore
22.
Rocks,
Oil, Gravel, Iron: The Bedrock, Surficial, and Economic Geology of Venango
County; J.A. Harper and A.N.
Ward, Jr., 1999, Guidebook, Pittsburgh Geological Society Spring Field
Trip, May, 1999, 29 p., plus 13 pages of illustrations.
Free Download
23.
Pittsburgh Geological Fieldtrip in the Morgantown Area, May 6, 2000
; H. Rauch, N. Fedorko, L. Avary, R. Smosna , May 6, 2000, Pittsburgh Geological Society, 41 p.
Free Download
FieldGuide
24.
History & Geology of Allegheny Portage Railroad, Blair and Cambria Counties, PA, Pittsburgh Geological Field Trip, May 11, 2002
; John Harper, May 11, 2002, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 38 p.
Free Download
FieldGuide
Roadlog
Plates
25.
Building Pittsburgh - A Walking Tour of Pittsburgh's Building Stones
; J. Neelan, C.H.Shultz, R.Burger, J. Harper, J. Smith, April
2003, Pittsburgh Geological Society, 47 p.
$5.00 + 1.50 S&H
26.
An Examintation of Methods for Glacial Margin Mapping
and Paleoflood Reconstruction in the Slippery Rock Creek Basin, Western Pennsylvania, Oct 23, 2004
; Gary D'Urso, Patrick Burkhart, Jack Livingston, Christine Iksic, Sponsored by Pittsburgh
Geological Society, 28 p.
Free Download
FieldGuide