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Excerpt from Geology and Natural Resources of Rutherford County, Tennessee The survey upon which the present report is based was made in in summer of 1915 for the Tennessee Geological Survey and the Department of Agriculture of the University of Tennessee. The survey was conducted by the writer in association with Mr. H. N. Coryell, of Indiana University, to whom he is especially indebted for efficient assistance. The mapping of the areal geology of that part of the county included in the Woodbury quadrangle, an area of 62 square miles, was done by Dr. E. 0. Ulrich and Dr. R. S. Bassler, of the U. S. Geological Survey, in the summer of 1908. The base map for the parts of the county included ...
Tennessee's geologic history has evolved in myriad ways since its initial formation more than a billion years ago, settling into its current place on the North American supercontinent between 300 and 250 million years ago. Throughout that long span of “deep time,” Tennessee's landscape morphed into its present form. The Last Billion Years: A Geologic History of Tennessee is the first general overview in more than thirty years to interpret the state's geological record. With minimal jargon, numerous illustrations and photographs, and a glossary of scientific terms, this volume provides the tools necessary for readers with little or no background in the subject to learn about the geologic ...