506 W. H. HOBBS — LINEAMENTS OF ATLANTIC BORDER REGION 



areas, which are scattered from one end to the other of the area here 

 examined. 



"An examination of the entire system shows that faulting is as important an ele- 

 ment in the structure of the Atlantic Coast plain as it is in the Great basin. These 

 two regions have this important difference : In the Great basin fault scarps stand 

 in relief and form mountain ranges, while along the Atlantic Coast the relief has 

 been subdued by erosion, and for the most part a featureless plain takes the place 

 of the mountain uplifts that would otherwise appear. 



" It is to be supposed that the faults traversing the Newark rocks are but a por- 

 tion of a great system which affects a large part, and perhaps the entire region, 

 of metamorphic rocks, in the midst of which remnants of the Newark system have 

 been preserved." 



