Roadside Geology of Mississippi
by Stan Galicki and Darrel Schmitz
Roadside Geology of Mississippi
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| THE BILLIONS YEARS WAR |
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| PLATE TECTONICS |
5
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| THE ROCK CYCLE |
9
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| SEDIMENTARY ROCKS |
10
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| DATING ROCKS |
11
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| STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY |
12
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| GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI |
13
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| PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES |
33
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| MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT |
36
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| OIL AND GAS |
39
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| NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI |
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| LIGNITE |
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| Interstate 20: Jackson - Newton - Meridian - Alabama |
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| Jackson Dome |
44
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| Red Hot Fossil Site |
53
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| Mississippi 16: Canton - Philadelphia |
56
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| Mississippi 19: Meridian - Philadelphia |
59
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| Mississippi 25: Jackson - Carthage - Renfroe |
59
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| LeFleurs Bluff State Park and Mississippi Museum of Natural Science |
60
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| Goshen Springs |
63
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| Interstate 55: Canton - Tillatoba |
64
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| Mississippi 35: Forest - Vaiden |
64
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| Natchez Trace Parkway: Ridgeland - Kosciusko |
66
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| Ross Barnett Reservoir and Cypress Swamp |
67
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| US 82: Carrollton - Starkville |
69
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| Mississippi 15: Philadelphia - Woodland |
73
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| Mississippi 25: Renfroe - Starkville |
74
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| Natchez Trace Parkway: Koskiusko - Mathiston |
76
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| Red Hills Mine and Power Plant |
76
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| Interstate 22/US 78: Tennessee - New Albany |
77
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| US 278/Mississippi 6: Batesville - Oxford - Pontotoc |
79
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| University of Mississippi |
80
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| Mississippi 8: Grenada - Natchez Trace |
81
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| US 82: Starkville - Columbus - Alabama |
83
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| Mississippi State University |
83
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| Plymouth Bluff |
85
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| US 45: Meridian - Brooksville - Columbus - Aberdeen |
86
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| Kemper County Energy Facility |
89
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| US 45 Alternate: Brooksville - West Point - Shannon |
91
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| US 45: Aberdeen - Tennessee |
92
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| W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park |
94
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| US 72: Tennessee - Corinth - Alabama |
96
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| Woodall Mountain |
98
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| Interstate 22/US 78: New Albany - Tupelo - Alabama |
98
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| US 278/Mississippi 6: Pontotoc - Tupelo |
100
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| Mississippi 15: Woodland - Tennessee |
101
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| Natchez Trace Parkway: Houston - Alabama |
102
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| Tennessee - Tombigbee Waterway |
103
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| Tishomingo State Park |
104
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| THE DELTA: MISSISSIPPI RIVER ALLUVIAL PLAIN AND LOESS HILLS |
108
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| GEOLOGIC HISTORY |
108
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| LOESS |
110
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| RIVER DYNAMICS AND HISTORY |
112
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| HUMANS AND THE MISSISSIPPI |
114
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| THE DELTA'S ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC VALUE |
117
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| FROM THE ROAD |
118
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| Interstate 55: Tillatoba - Tennessee |
123
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| Interstate 69/Mississippi 304: US 61 - Interstate 55 |
123
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| US 49E: Minter City - Tutwiler |
124
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| US 49W/US 49: Ruleville - Tutwiler - Clarksdale - Arkansas |
125
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| US 61: Cleveland - Clarksdale - Tennessee |
127
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| Tunica RiverPark |
128
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| US 278/Mississippi 6: Clarksdale - Batesville - Interstate 55 |
130
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| Mississippi 1 (Great River Road): Rosedale - US 49 |
131
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| Yazoo Pass |
132
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| Mississippi 8: Rosedale - Cleveland - Grenada |
132
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| Mississippi 304 (Scenic Route): Coldwater - Hernando |
134
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| Arkabutla Lake |
135
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| US 49E: Yazoo City - Greenwood - Minter City |
137
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| US 49W: Yazoo City - Belzoni - Indianola - Ruleville |
140
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| Sky Lake Wildlife Management Area |
141
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| US 61: Onward - Cleveland |
144
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| US 82: Arkansas - Greenville - Indianola - Greenwood - Carrollton |
145
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| Mississippi Alluvial Fans |
147
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| Mississippi 1 (Great River Road): Mayersville - Greenville - Rosedale |
150
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| Winterville Mounds |
150
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| The 1927 Mound Landing Levee Breach |
151
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| Mississippi 7: Greenwood - Grenada |
152
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| Mississippi 16: Yazoo City - Canton |
152
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| Kudzu |
153
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| Interstate 20: Vicksburg - Bolton - Jackson |
154
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| Vicksburg |
156
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| Vicksburg National Military Park |
158
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| US 49: Jackson - Flora - Yazoo City |
161
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| Mississippi Petrified Forest |
162
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| Tinsley Oil Field |
163
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| US 61: Louisiana - Natchez - Vicksburg - Onward |
164
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| Clark Creek Natural Area |
165
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| Natchez |
168
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| Jefferson College |
169
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| Grand Gulf Military Monument Park |
169
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| Delta National Forest |
173
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| US 84: Natchez - Interstate 55 |
173
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| US 98: Natchez - Interstate 55 |
175
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| Mississippi 1 (Great River Road): Onward - Mayersville |
175
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| Mississippi 3: Redwood - Yazoo City |
175
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| Natchez Trace Parkway: Natchez - Ridgeland |
176
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| Emerald Mound |
176
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| Rocky Springs |
179
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| SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI |
180
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| SALT DOMES |
180
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| Interstate 55: Louisiana - McComb - Brookhaven - Jackson |
183
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| US 49: Hattiesburg - Jackson |
185
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| D'Lo and the Strong River |
187
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| US 84: Brookhaven - Leaf River |
188
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| US 98: McComb - Hattiesburg |
189
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| Red Bluff |
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| Interstate 59: Lumberton - Hattiesburg - Laurel - Meridian |
193
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| Dunns Falls Water Park |
194
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| US 45: Alabama - Meridian |
196
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| Clark County Faults |
198
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| US 49: Maxie - Hattiesburg |
200
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| US 84: Leaf River - Laurel - Alabama |
201
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| US 98: Hattiesburg - Mississippi 63 |
202
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| Mississippi 15: Beaumont - Laurel - Newton |
204
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| COASTAL MISSISSIPPI |
207
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| BARRIER ISLANDS |
212
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| COASTAL MODIFICATION BY HUMANS |
215
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| Interstate 10: Louisiana - Gulfport - Biloxi - Moss Point - Alabama |
218
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| Big Ridge Escarpment |
219
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| Pascagoula River |
221
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| Interstate 110: US 90 - Interstate 10 |
221
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| US 49: Gulfport - Maxie |
222
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| US 90: Louisiana - Gulfport - Biloxi - Pascagoula - Alabama |
224
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| Biloxi Lighthouse |
229
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| Gulf Islands National Seashore |
230
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| Hurricanes |
233
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| Mississippi 63: US 90 - US 98 |
237
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| Mississippi 605/Mississippi 67: US 90 - US 49 |
239
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| GLOSSARY |
240
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| REFERENCES |
250
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| INDEX |
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