Historical Technical Reports
Data presented in these historical reports include, but are not limited to, groundwater supplies in particular areas of the state, the geology of New Jersey, the paleontology of New Jersey, and battles and skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey. These reports are broken into four types: Annual Reports, Final Report Series, Special Reports, County in Brief Report Series, and Miscellaneous.
The following is a list of historical technical reports published by the New Jersey Geological & Water Survey:
The following historical reports provide a brief, annual summary of the work performed by the New Jersey Geological Survey from 1836 to 1909:
The following volumes comprise a report that contains information pertaining to the geodesy, topography, magnetism, and climate of New Jersey:
Sample pages from final report (vol. V).
Volume | Title | Publication Date |
I | Topography, magnetism, and climate | 1888 |
II | Part 1. Mineralogy, and botany | 1889 |
Part 2. Zoology | 1890 | |
III | Water-supply, water-power, flow of streams and attendant phenomena | 1894 |
IV | The physical geography of N.J. | 1898 |
V | Glacial geology of N.J. | 1902 |
VI | The clays and clay industry of N.J. | 1904 |
VII | Iron Mines and Mining in N.J. (with maps and plates) | 1910 |
VIII | The Quaternary formations of southern N.J. | 1917 |
The special reports listed below describe the geology and groundwater supplies of Newark, New Jersey and from the No. 1 sand in the vicinity of Parlin, Middlesex County, New Jersey. These reports were prepared in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey as a part of the cooperative investigation of the groundwater resources of the State.
Sample pages from Special Report 7.
SPR Number | Title | Publication Date |
7 | Water Supplies from the no. 1 Sand in the vicinity of Parlin, New Jersey | 1937 |
10 | Preliminary Report on the Geology and Ground-Water Supply of the Newark, New Jersey Area | 1951 |
Title | Author | Publication Date |
A preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey | compiled by Britton, N.L. | 1881 |
Report on the Clay Deposits of Woodbridge, South Amboy And Other Places in New Jersey | – | 1878 |
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume I. Brachiopoda and Lamellibranchiata of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of N.J. | Whitfield, Robert P. | 1886 |
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume II. Gasteropoda and Cephalopoda of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of N.J. | Whitfield, Robert P. | 1892 |
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume III. The Paleozoic faunas | Weller, Stuart | 1903 |
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume IV. A Report on the Cretaceous Paleontology of New Jersey | Weller, Stuart | 1907 |
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume IV. Report on the Cretaceous Paleontology of New Jersey | Weller, Stuart | 1907 |
The Geology of the County of Cape May, State of New Jersey | Cook, H. | 1857 |