Roadside Geology of Tennessee
by Marcy B. Davis
Roadside Geology of Tennessee
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| Preface |
viii
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| Acknowledgments |
xii
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| TENNESSEE'S LANDSCAPE |
1
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| Earth's Layers and the Formation of Continents |
2
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| Minerals and Rocks |
5
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| Water's Role in Weathering and Erosion |
9
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| Caves and Springs |
12
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| Mapping Tennessee |
15
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| Geologic Structures |
17
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| TENNESSEE'S GEOLOGIC HISTORY |
21
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| PRECAMBRIAN |
22
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| Proterozoic Eon: 2,500 to 541 million years ago |
22
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| PALEOZOIC TIME |
26
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| Cambrian Period: 541 to 485 million years ago |
28
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| Ordovician Period: 485 to 444 million years ago |
30
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| Silurian Period: 444 to 419 million years ago |
35
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| Devonian Period: 419 to 359 million years ago |
36
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| Mississippian Period: 359 to 323 million years ago |
38
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| Pennsylvanian Period: 323 to 299 million years ago |
42
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| Permian Period: 299 to 252 million years ago |
45
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| MESOZOIC TIME |
45
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| Cretaceous Period: 145 to 66 million years ago |
46
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| CENOZOIC TIME |
50
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| Paleogene Period: 66 to 23 million years ago |
50
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| Neogene Period: 23 to 2.6 million years ago |
51
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| Quaternary Period: 2.6 million years ago to present day |
52
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| Geology and Humans in Tennessee |
54
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| EAST TENNESSEE - APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS |
59
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| Blue Ridge |
60
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| Valley and Ridge |
62
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| Cumberland Plateau |
66
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| Tennessee's Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas |
69
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| GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK |
73
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| Cades Cove Loop Road |
77
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| Cataloochee Valley |
81
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| Clingmans Dome Road |
82
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| Foothills Parkway |
84
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| Eastern Segment |
84
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| Western Segment |
86
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| Laurel Creek Road |
89
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| Little River Gorge Road / Fighting Creek Gap Road |
90
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| US 321: Maryville - Gatlinburg - Cosby |
94
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| US 441 (Newfound Gap Road) |
97
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| ROAD GUIDES IN EAST TENNESSEE |
102
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| I-24: Monteagle - Chattanooga |
102
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| Chattanooga Geology |
114
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| I-26: Kingsport - Johnson City - North Carolina State Line |
119
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| I-40: North Carolina State Line - Dandridge (I-81) |
125
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| I-40: Dandridge - Knoxville |
129
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| Knoxville Geology |
132
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| I-40: Knoxville - Rockwood |
137
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| I-40: Rockwood - Crossville - Cookeville |
140
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| I-75: Chattanooga (East Ridge) - Farragut |
146
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| I-75: Knoxville - Jellico (Kentucky State Line) |
150
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| I-81: I-40 Junction - Bristol |
159
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| US 25E: Morristown - Cumberland Gap |
162
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| Cumberland Gap National Historic Park |
168
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| US 64 / US 74 / TN 40: Cleveland - Ducktown |
170
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| US 127: Chattanooga - Dunlap - Crossville |
177
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| Fall Creek Falls State Park |
188
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| US 321 / US 19E: Johnson City - Roan Mountain |
191
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| Roan Mountain State Park and the Roan Highlands |
194
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| US 421: Bristol - Mountain City - North Carolina State Line |
197
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| TN 52: Livingston - Jamestown |
205
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| Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area |
208
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| TN 68: Ducktown - Sweetwater |
211
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| TN 165 (Cherohala Skyway): Tellico Plains - North Carolina State Line |
217
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| MIDDLE TENNESSEE - INTERIOR LOW PLATEAUS |
221
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| The Central (Nashville) Basin |
221
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| The Highland Rim |
224
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| Western Iron Belt |
227
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| Impact Craters |
229
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| ROAD GUIDES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE |
233
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| I-24: Clarksville - Nashville |
233
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| Dunbar Cave State Park |
236
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| I-24: Nashville - Murfreesboro - Monteagle |
239
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| I-40: Cookeville - Lebanon - Nashville |
248
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| Burgess Falls State Park |
251
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| Cedars of Lebanon State Park |
257
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| Nashville Geology |
259
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| I-40: Nashville - Dickson - Tennessee River |
263
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| Harpeth River State Park |
265
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| I-65: Alabama State Line - Columbia - Nashville |
269
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| I-65: Nashville - Kentucky State Line |
278
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| TN 52: Portland - Livingston |
280
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| Natchez Trace Parkway: Nashville - Alabama State Line |
285
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| WEST TENNESSEE - GULF COASTAL PLAIN |
289
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| West Tennessee Uplands |
290
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| West Tennessee Plain |
291
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| Mississippi River Valley |
294
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| New Madrid Seismic Zone |
297
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| ROAD GUIDES IN WEST TENNESSEE |
301
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| I-40: Tennessee River - Jackson |
301
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| I-40: Jackson - Memphis |
306
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| Memphis Geology |
308
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| US 51: Memphis - Dyersburg |
316
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| US 641 / TN 69: Parsons - Camden - Paris |
320
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| Ball Clay at Paris and Gleason |
329
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| TN 22: Samburg - Dresden |
332
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| TN 78: Dyersburg - Kentucky State Line |
337
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| Reelfoot Lake State Park |
342
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| MUSEUMS AND NATURE CENTERS |
345
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| GLOSSARY |
347
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| CITED REFERENCES |
361
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| INDEX |
366
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