The geology of the Appalachians dates back more than 1.2 billion years to the Mesoproterozoic era when two continental cratons collided to form the supercontinent...
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The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers...
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The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the...
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Alabama, US. The Appalachians, at their initial formation, were a part of the larger Central Pangean Mountains along with the Scottish Highlands, the Ouachita...
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Allegheny National Forest lie on the Appalachian plateau as well. Geology of the Appalachians "Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S. - ScienceBase-Catalog"...
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Alleghanian orogeny (redirect from Appalachian Orogenic Belt)
The Alleghanian orogeny or Appalachian orogeny is one of the geological mountain-forming events that formed the Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Mountains...
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Cumberland Plateau (redirect from Geology of the Cumberland Plateau)
Mountains Geology of the Appalachians List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Plateau Geologic Province, New Georgia Encyclopedia, The University...
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Blue Ridge Mountains (redirect from Geology of the Blue Ridge Mountains)
the bulk of the Appalachians, lies the Great Appalachian Valley, bordered on the west by the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian range. The Blue...
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in Georgia is kaolin. Geologic mapping of Georgia (U.S. state) Geology of the Appalachians Geology of the United States List of mountains in Georgia (U...
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Murfreesboro Limestone Pierce Limestone Basic geologic features of each state Geology of the Appalachians "Grand Divisions". tennesseehistory.org. Nashville:...
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Cape Breton Highlands (category Plateaus of Canada)
Harold (1995). Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, Geology of Canada, no. 6. Canada: Geological Survey of Canada. pp. 365...
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The Appalachian Uplands is one of the seven physiographic regions in Canada, distinguished by its topography and geology. The region includes southern...
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The geology of North America is a subject of regional geology and covers the North American continent, the third-largest in the world. Geologic units...
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Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (redirect from Southern Appalachian Seismic Zone)
Geology of Alabama Geology of Georgia Geology of Tennessee Geology of the Appalachians Virginia Seismic Zone "M4.6 Fort Payne, Alabama Earthquake of 29...
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Allegheny Plateau (redirect from Geology of the Allegheny Plateau)
Geologic History of the North-Central Appalachians, Part 2: The Appalachian Basin from the Silurian through the Carboniferous". American Journal of Science...
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Maine Highlands (category Regions of Maine)
Four border crossing stations serve the Canada–United States border in the region. Geology of the Appalachians Phillips Bevan, G. (1882). Google Book...
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chronostratigraphy (the process of relating strata to time) and geochronology (a scientific branch of geology that aims to determine the age of rocks). It is...
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Brevard Fault (category Geology of Virginia)
partitioning during multiple reactivation of the Palaeozoic Brevard Fault Zone, Southern Appalachians, USA". Geological Society, London, Special Publications...
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Long Range Mountains (category Subranges of the Appalachian Mountains)
Harold (1995). Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, Geology of Canada, no. 6. Canada: Geological Survey of Canada. pp. 50–54...
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important phase of orogeny occurred in the Appalachian Mountains. The USGS geologic time scale shows its relation to other periods. In Europe, the Mississippian...
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Sierra de Villuercas (category Geography of the Province of Cáceres)
The Sierra de Villuercas geological structure is similar to the geology of the Appalachians. The range is mainly composed of slates and quartzites that...
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(2015). Geology of Nova Scotia. Portugal Cove: Boulder Publications. pp. 18–21. ISBN 9781927099438. Williams, Harold (1995). Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian...
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Sierra Norte de Sevilla (category Geography of the Province of Seville)
Cambrian to Permo-Triassic. It includes terrain similar to the geology of the Appalachians, together with granitic terrain, tabular sheet intrusions,...
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of the Wetumpka Impact Crater was found by Auburn University geology professor David T. King in 1998. Geology of the Appalachians Geology of the United...
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Montes de Toledo (category Mountain ranges of Portugal)
eroded. The geological structure of the Montes de Toledo is similar to the geology of the Appalachians and akin as well to the geology of the Sierra Morena...
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Gros Morne National Park (redirect from The Tablelands (Newfoundland and Labrador))
Harold (1995). Geology of the Appalachian–Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, Geology of Canada, no. 6. Canada: Geological Survey of Canada. pp. 5...
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this region, the rocks are referred to as part of the Trenton Prong. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manhattan Schist. Geology of Manhattan Sarah...
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Piedmont (United States) (redirect from Geology of the Piedmont (United States))
Coastal Plain. To the west, it is mostly bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the easternmost range of the Appalachians. The width of the Piedmont varies...
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The Appalachian temperate rainforest or Appalachian cloud forest is located in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States and is among...
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