Surficial Geologic Map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Region, Tennessee and North Carolina

Southworth, Scott; Schultz, Art; Denenny, Danielle; Triplett, James

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The Surficial Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Region, Tennessee and North Carolina was mapped from 1993 to 2003 under a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Park Service (NPS). This 1:100,000-scale digital geologic map was compiled from 2002 to 2003 from unpublished field investigations maps at 1:24,000-scale. The preliminary surficial geologic data and map support cooperative investigations with NPS, the U.S. Natural Resource Conservation Service, and the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (http://www.dlia.org/) (Southworth, 2001). Although the focus of our work was within the Park, the geology of the surrounding area is provided for regional context. Surficial deposits document the most recent part of the geologic history of this part of the western Blue Ridge and eastern Tennessee Valley of the Valley and Ridge of the Southern Appalachians. Additionally, there is great variety of surficial materials, which directly affect the different types of soil and associated flora and fauna. The surficial deposits accumulated over tens of millions of years under varied climatic conditions during the Cenozoic era and resulted from a composite of geologic processes.

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Southworth, Scott; Schultz, Art; Denenny, Danielle; Triplett, James

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44 p.; map, 54 x 30 inches

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Open-File Report

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OFR

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2003-381

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Surficial Geologic Map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Region, Tennessee and North Carolina; 2004; OFR; 2003-381; Southworth, Scott; Schultz, Art; Denenny, Danielle; Triplett, James

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2004

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Surficial Geologic Map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Region, Tennessee and North Carolina; 2004; OFR; 2003-381; Southworth, Scott; Schultz, Art; Denenny, Danielle; Triplett, James