Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas: A Field Guide to Favorite Places from Chimney Rock to Charleston
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780807857861 |
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Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
Publication date: | 02/26/2007 |
Series: | Southern Gateways Guides |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 320 |
Sales rank: | 522,982 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Mary-Russell Roberson is a freelance writer living in Durham, North Carolina.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
How to Use this Book xiii
The Changing Face of the Carolinas over Geologic Time 1
How to Read Rocks 6
Adding to the Body of Geologic Knowledge 18
Geologic Time 27
The Geologic History of the Carolinas 31
Field Trips: Map of the field-trip locations 46
The Blue Ridge
Chimney Rock Park: Stretched, Folded, Cracked, and Faulted 49
DuPont State Forest: Waterfalls Galore 56
Whiteside Mountain: A Geologic Puzzle 62
Grandfather Mountain: From Valley to Peak in 750 Million Years 68
Linville Falls: Falls, Faults, and Geologic Windows 75
Mount Mitchell State Park: Which Peak Is the Tallest and Why 81
Stone Mountain State Park: A Beautiful Bare Mountain 90
Woodall Shoals: Beautiful Rocks That Have Been Through a Lot 97
Caesars Head and Table Rock State Parks: The View from the Blue Ridge Escarpment 102
The Piedmont
South Mountains State Park: Stuck between a Continent and a Hard Place 113
Crowders Mountain State Park: A Mountain of Quartz and Blue Daggers 121
Reed Gold Mine: The Glory Days of Gold 127
Pilot Mountain State Park: Beach Sands in a Mountain 135
Morrow Mountain State Park: A Beautiful Quarry 143
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area: A Mine with a View 151
The Museum of Life and Science and Penny's Bend: Diabase Sills in the Durham Triassic Basin 156
Landsford Canal State Park: Transportation and Geology 164
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Gems and Meteorites 170
Raven Rock State Park: Everything's Happening at the Fall Zone 178
Medoc Mountain State Park: Granite and Grapes 185
Forty Acre Rock: The Battle between Rock and the Forces of Erosion 190
The Coastal Plain
The Roanoke River: From the Mountains to the Sea 199
Sugarloaf Mountain in Sand Hills State Forest: Sand and Longleaf 208
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park: Under the Sea 215
Santee State Park: Mule-Eating Sinkholes 220
Jones Lake State Park: The Mystery of the Carolina Bays 224
Flanner Beach: The Rise and Fall of Sea Level 232
Jockey's Ridge State Park: A Mountain of Sand 238
Oregon Inlet: The Fickle Nature of Barrier Islands and Inlets 247
Carolina Beach State Park: Sugarloaf, Shells, and Sinkholes 254
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site: The Charleston Earthquake of 1886 260
Glossary 267
Additional Resources 281
Index 285
What People are Saying About This
This book is a must for anyone interested in the outdoors of the Carolinas. Complete with a comprehensive glossary of terms, it is a perfect start for budding geologists of all ages, from 10 to 100." —Orrin Pilkey, author of How to Read a North Carolina Beach
Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas fills a long-standing void in the plethora of regional field guides. Now you can learn the geologic history of our favorite places to explore." —Joe Miller, outdoors writer, Raleigh News and Observer
This book will be a must for any naturalist traveling in the Carolinas who has an interest in the 'whys' and 'hows' of the origin of this most interesting region." —Willie Calloway, executive director of the South Carolina State Museum