Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas

by Stewart, Kevin G.

• ISBN13: 9780807857861
• ISBN10: 0807857866
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-26
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

How were the Appalachian Mountains formed? Are the barrier islands moving? Where is there gold in the Carolinas? Find answers to these questions and many more in this reader-friendly guide to the geology of North Carolina and South Carolina.

Author Biography

Kevin G. Stewart is associate professor of geological sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mary-Russell Roberson is a freelance science writer living in Durham, North Carolina

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
How to Use this Book	p. xiii
The Changing Face of the Carolinas over Geologic Time	p. 1
How to Read Rocks	p. 6
Adding to the Body of Geologic Knowledge	p. 18
Geologic Time	p. 27
The Geologic History of the Carolinas	p. 31
Field Trips: Map of the field-trip locations	p. 46
Chimney Rock Park: Stretched, Folded, Cracked, and Faulted	p. 49
DuPont State Forest: Waterfalls Galore	p. 56
Whiteside Mountain: A Geologic Puzzle	p. 62
Grandfather Mountain: From Valley to Peak in 750 Million Years	p. 68
Linville Falls: Falls, Faults, and Geologic Windows	p. 75
Mount Mitchell State Park: Which Peak Is the Tallest and Why	p. 81
Stone Mountain State Park: A Beautiful Bare Mountain	p. 90
Woodall Shoals: Beautiful Rocks That Have Been Through a Lot	p. 97
Caesars Head and Table Rock State Parks: The View from the Blue Ridge Escarpment	p. 102
The Piedmont
South Mountains State Park: Stuck between a Continent and a Hard Place	p. 113
Crowders Mountain State Park: A Mountain of Quartz and Blue Daggers	p. 121
Reed Gold Mine: The Glory Days of Gold	p. 127
Pilot Mountain State Park: Beach Sands in a Mountain	p. 135
Morrow Mountain State Park: A Beautiful Quarry	p. 143
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area: A Mine with a View	p. 151
The Museum of Life and Science and Penny's Bend: Diabase Sills in the Durham Triassic Basin	p. 156
Landsford Canal State Park: Transportation and Geology	p. 164
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Gems and Meteorites	p. 170
Raven Rock State Park: Everything's Happening at the Fall Zone	p. 178
Medoc Mountain State Park: Granite and Grapes	p. 185
Forty Acre Rock: The Battle between Rock and the Forces of Erosion	p. 190
The Coastal Plain
The Roanoke River: From the Mountains to the Sea	p. 199
Sugarloaf Mountain in Sand Hills State Forest: Sand and Longleaf	p. 208
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park: Under the Sea	p. 215
Santee State Park: Mule-Eating Sinkholes	p. 220
Jones Lake State Park: The Mystery of the Carolina Bays	p. 224
Flanner Beach: The Rise and Fall of Sea Level	p. 232
Jockey's Ridge State Park: A Mountain of Sand	p. 238
Oregon Inlet: The Fickle Nature of Barrier Islands and Inlets	p. 247
Carolina Beach State Park: Sugarloaf, Shells, and Sinkholes	p. 254
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site: The Charleston Earthquake of 1886	p. 260
Glossary	p. 267
Additional Resources	p. 281
Index	p. 285
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