The New England province is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands division of the United States. The province consists of the Seaboard Lowland, New England Upland, White Mountain, Green Mountain, and Taconic sections.[1]
Geology edit
Much of the New England province's bedrock aquifers are in consolidated rocks of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic origin. Some of these aquifers, mainly in the western portion of Vermont, consist of carbonate rocks, primarily limestone, dolomite, and marble. These consolidated rocks yield water primarily from bedding planes, fractures, joints, and faults, rather than from intergranular pores.[2]
Like the adjacent physiographic provinces, a large part of the New England province was peneplained during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, then uplifted, extensively dissected, and finally glaciated.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S." USGS Water Mission Area NSDI Node. August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Implementation of the Vermont Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Agreement" (PDF). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency. 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ^ Bowman, Isaiah (1911). Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of Soils in Relation to Forestry. J. Wiley & sons. p. 645. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
new england province geomorphology.
External links edit
- The physiographic regions of northeastern United States (modified from Fenneman, 1938) (map of sections)
- "South Mountain Preserve Conservation, Greenways, and Trails Plan" (PDF). Wildlands Conservancy. 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2007-12-26.