Web-based information pages about local geology:
Rocks and Minerals of North Carolina
- Industrial Rocks and Minerals in NC pdf
- Down to Earth Facts (for kids) by the NC Geological Survey
- Map of NC Minerals by County
Local Earthquake Information
- 2.9 Magnitude Earthquake in Blowing Rock, NC - August 25, 2013
- 5.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Mineral, VA - August 23, 2011
- What caused the earthquakes that shook NC's mountains this week? (interview with Dr. Sarah Carmichael, News and Observer, June 14, 2018)
- Small Earthquakes Common In Eastern US (interivew with Dr. Scott Marshall, WUNC, January 9, 2019)
Information about Landslides in NC
- Washington Post interviews Dr. Ellen Cowan on High Country landslide hazards (September 18, 2018)
Information about Fracking in NC
- A discussion of the potential for shale gas development via hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Piedmont, and in western NC
- The North Carolina fracking boom that didn’t happen (interview with Dr. Sarah Carmichael for Carolina Public Press, March 14, 2018)
Information about Boone Creek
- How healthy is Boone Creek?
- To salt, or not to salt? (Appalachian Magazine - interview with Dr. Bill Anderson about the effects of road salt on Boone Creek, February 14, 2017)