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Excerpt from Geology of the Southeast Durham and Southwest Durham 7. 5 Minute Quadrangles, North Carolina
Adequate land use planning and resource management require, among many other things, sound baseline information on a variety of proper ties that are directly related to geology. Such information includes soil types and their ability to bear weight, maintain a slope, or transmit fluid; groundwater quality and quantity; mineral resource potential (especially aggregates for highway and building construction); and potential geologic hazards such as landslides or radon gas. In the rapidly urbanizing Research Triangle area, where proper planning is basic to maintaining a desirable quality of life, the need for accurate geologic maps at a suitable scale is vital. Figure 1. Map of North Carolina showing location of study area within the Durham Triassic basin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
