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Structural Properties of a Piedmont Soil
Author(s) -
Jurney Robt. C.
Publication year - 1933
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1933.036159950b1420010033x
Subject(s) - loam , citation , soil water , soil survey , silt , library science , soil science , computer science , environmental science , geology , paleontology
Georgeville silt loam is confined to the Carolina Metamorphic Slate and Volcanic Belt, and the soil represents the mature profile development of this region. The rock formation is probably better known as the Carolina Slate Belt. It occurs largely in one belt extending southwestwardly across the middle portion of the state of North Carolina, but the belt crosses into Virginia and into South Carolina. This slate belt forms a part of the eastern Piedmont plateau and in North Carolina it occupies an area ranging from about eight miles to approximately fifty miles in width. The slate area is adjoined on the west by the Carolina Igneous Belt, consisting of granite, gneiss, mica schist, and various basic igneous rocks. It is bounded on the east in places by Triassic sandstone formations.