GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND PIEDMONT IN THE ANNISTON, ATLANTA, CARTERSVILLE, DALTON, GRIFFIN, LA GRANGE, OPELIKA, AND TOCCOA 1-DEGREE X 30-MINUTE,1:100,000-SCALE QUADRANGLES, GEORGIA

Georgia, the largest state east of the Mississippi River, is naturally divided into 5 topog­raphic and geologic provinces, from northwest to southeast: the Cumberland Pla­teau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. Most of these prov­inces are separated by faults or fault zones. The Cumberland Plateau province is separated by to­pography from the Valley and Ridge province; the Valley and Ridge province is separated from the Blue Ridge by the Cartersville fault/fault zone; the Blue Ridge is separated from the Piedmont by the Brevard fault zone, and the Coastal PlainS overlie the Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, and Pied­mont on a major unconformity.