9780878426911-0878426914-Roadside Geology of Tennessee

Roadside Geology of Tennessee

ISBN-13: 9780878426911
ISBN-10: 0878426914
Author: Marcy Davis
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Mountain Press
Format: Paperback 400 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780878426911
ISBN-10: 0878426914
Author: Marcy Davis
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Mountain Press
Format: Paperback 400 pages

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Roadside Geology of Tennessee (ISBN-13: 9780878426911 and ISBN-10: 0878426914), written by authors Marcy Davis, was published by Mountain Press in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Geology (Earth Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Roadside Geology of Tennessee (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Geology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $5.99.

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Tennessee, extending 500 diagonal miles between Bristol and Memphis, cuts across numerous rock types, from the deformed gneiss of the Blue Ridge along the North Carolina border to the young sediments exposed in the Chickasaw Bluffs that rise 100 feet above the Mississippi River floodplain. The state's more than 1 billion years of geologic history includes continental collisions that built enormous mountains and rifting forces that almost split the ancient continent apart. The geologic processes are still at work in Tennessee, with sinkholes claiming land in areas of limestone, rivers eroding sediment and shifting channels, and some of North America's largest earthquakes occurring every 500 years on the ancient rift faults near Reelfoot Lake.

Learn about unusual meteor impact sites on the Highland Rim of Middle Tennessee, the world-famous fossils in the Coon Creek Formation, and the source of saltpeter used for gunpowder in the Civil War. An extensive section on Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes guides to nine roads, some extending in to North Carolina. With Roadside Geology of Tennessee as your guide, explore the geologic significance of many of the stat's natural and historic sties such as Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, Harpeth River State Park, Dunbar Cave State Natural Area, and Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.

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