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The location and boundaries of the U.S. state of Georgia. Paleontology in Georgia refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Georgia. During the early part of the Paleozoic, Georgia was largely covered by seawater. Although no major Paleozoic discoveries have been uncovered in Georgia, the ...
Pages in category "Paleontology in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Georgia (U.S. state) portal This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Georgia , in the United States . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state) .
Plant communities of Georgia (U.S. state) (16 P) Pages in category "Natural history of Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The first statewide geologic map of Georgia was published in 1825. It was a 1:1,000,000 scale map of Georgia and Alabama published by Henry Schenck Tanner. [3] In 1849 W.T. Williams published the geological features for the state on a 1:120,000 scale map within George White's (1849) Statistics of the State of Georgia report. [4]
The geological eastern Blue Ridge includes metavolcanic rocks of the Georgia Gold Belt. [5] From the discovery of gold in the Georgia Gold Belt in 1828, enough gold was mined in the area to cause a branch mint of the United States Mint to be located in Dahlonega, Georgia. The region also includes igneous intrusions of granite and diabase. [6]
The OpenHistoricalMap community has organized projects to map certain historical periods and themes in detail. Major contributions have included: Historical boundaries of U.S. states and counties , imported from the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries , a project of the William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at the Newberry ...
The map to the right shows the county boundaries for all 159 counties in Georgia. 149 of the 159 counties in the state are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners [5] while the other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner. All commissioners are elected by the voters of their county for terms that range ...