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Mohr (1975) Noland Creek quad., NC Geol Survey 6 I TN Cs yn Zd Univ. of South Carolina unpublished Ph. D. dissertation . s Tellico River EXPLANATION J. O. Costello (1993) f n Univ. of Tennessee unpublished M.S. theses: o OCbam rs Cnt M. W. Carter (1994) OO e e WEST EAST D. J. Geddes (1995) L v p S. L. Martin (1997) 0 o (Murphy-Alum Cave syncline) C p Paleozoic Valley H. E. Phillips (1952) E Zwe t Pz and Ridge rocks in R. I. Rackley (1951) OCbam l u Cs fa Blue Ridge windows L. S. Wiener, unpublished map Omb Mineral Bluff Group W Zam L. S. Wiener and C. E. Merschat (1992) SW NC, Cwh Cc SE TN, & N GA Geologic Map, NC Geol Survey D Chilhowee Group UNCONFORMITY UH lt 83˚30' Shady Dolomite u OCbam * s fa Zd Rome Formation Brasstown Fm., Andrews Fm. ie H Murphy Marble g iw Omb Zch Cw Cs Sandsuck Fm. g a Cnt Zd ssee R. Zam Walden Creek Gr. Nantahala–Tusquittte Fm. a r e N Cwh Wilhite Slate Murphy Gr. le ne n (undivided) M l a UNCONFORMITY? 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Shady Dolomite (Stop 2) unnamed conglomerate, & slate Chilhowee Group sandstone, shal thrust e fault (Stop 1) Wilhite slate & s andstone Rifted continental (Stops 3, 9, & 10) Miller Wilhite slate & sandstone Cove margin Dean Formation thrust & older rocks fault Rome Formation shale (Great Smoky Group) Hatcher Shady Dolomite (Stops 4 & 11) 2 Chilhowee Group sandstone, shale Great Smoky thrust Continental shelf Atlantic Ocean Sevier Shale 0 fault TR J (& sandstone) TR J K T J 5.5 seismic layer 2 10 Peri–Gondwanan Oceanic 5.6 crust 6.3 6.3 J 6.9 rocks Volcanic rocks seismic layer 3 7.2 ic 7.0 crust Moho Knox Group J 6.7 J Ocean 8.1 Rift-stage 7.2 crust 7.5 8.1 Modified from Klitgord et al., 1995, DNAG Transect E3 dolomite and limestone 20 (c) Rifted continental margin (a) Figure 1. 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