Appalachian Plateau and Blue Ridge transition zone

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geologic boundary region physiographic transition zone

The Appalachian Plateau and Blue Ridge transition zone is a geologic boundary region in the southeastern United States where the flat-lying sedimentary rocks of the Appalachian Plateau meet and give way to the more deformed, mountainous terrain of the Blue Ridge province.

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Appalachian Plateau and Blue Ridge transition zone canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic boundary region ⓘ
physiographic transition zone ⓘ
characterizedBy change from flat-lying sedimentary rocks to deformed metamorphic and igneous rocks ⓘ
strong topographic contrast ⓘ
controls regional drainage patterns ⓘ
formedDuring Appalachian orogenies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paleozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicRelevance associated with groundwater and spring systems at the mountain front ⓘ
controls distribution of coal-bearing strata on the plateau side ⓘ
hasGeologicProcess folding ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
uplift ⓘ
hasRockType igneous rock ⓘ
metamorphic rock ⓘ
sedimentary rock ⓘ
hasStratigraphicFeature unconformities ⓘ
hasStructuralFeature faults ⓘ
folds ⓘ
frontal thrust belt ⓘ
hasTopography dissected plateau on the Appalachian Plateau side ⓘ
steep mountain front on the Blue Ridge side ⓘ
influences ecosystem distribution ⓘ
local climate gradients ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
separates Appalachian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blue Ridge province NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn physiography ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ

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Pickens County → geology → Appalachian Plateau and Blue Ridge transition zone ⓘ
subject surface form: Pickens County, Georgia