Roadside Geology of West Virginia
by Joseph G. Lebold and Christopher Wilkinson
Roadside Geology of West Virginia
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| Acknowledgments |
ix
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| INTRODUCTION |
1
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| Formation of the Earth |
3
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| Minerals and Rocks |
7
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| Geologic Time |
10
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| GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA |
14
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| Laying the Foundation: Proterozoic time to 460 million years ago |
14
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| Mountains and Seas: 460 to 250 million years ago |
17
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| Shaping the Modern Landscape: 250 million years ago to present time |
20
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| APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS PROVINCE |
25
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| Cyclothems of the Pennsylvanian Period |
27
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| NORTHERN BASIN |
28
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| I-64: Kenova - Huntington - Charleston |
30
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| Teays Valley |
32
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| I-70 and I-470: Pennsylvania State Line - Wheeling |
35
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| I-77: Williamstown - Parkersburg - Charleston |
37
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| I-79: Pennsylvania State Line - Morgantown - Charleston |
40
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| US 50: Grafton - Clarksburg - Parkersburg |
49
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| Oil and Gas in the Burning Springs Anticline |
53
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| WV 2: Chester - Weirton - Parkersburg |
57
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| Ohio River |
60
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| SOUTHERN BASIN |
68
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| I-64: Beckley - White Sulphur Springs - Virginia State Line |
71
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| Karst of the Appalachian Plateaus |
76
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| Lost World Caverns |
78
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| I-77/I-64: Charleston - Beckley |
83
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| I-77: Beckley - Princeton - East River Mountain Tunnel |
86
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| US 19: Exit 57 of I-79 - Summersville - Beckley |
92
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| New River Gorge |
98
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| US 52: Huntington - Williamson - Virginia State Line |
101
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| Pinnacle Rock State Park |
115
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| US 119: South Charleston - Kentucky State Line |
118
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| ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN SECTION |
125
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| I-68: Morgantown - Maryland State Line |
127
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| Dorsey's Knob Park |
129
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| Coopers Rock State Forest |
132
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| US 33: I-79 - Buckhannon - Elkins - Seneca Rocks |
138
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| US 50: Skyline - Grafton |
150
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| US 219: Marlinton - Elkins - Maryland State Line |
155
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| WV 7: Morgantown - Maryland State Line |
160
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| Cranesville Swamp |
168
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| WV 32: Thomas - Harman |
169
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| Blackwater Falls |
171
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| Dolly Sods Wilderness Area |
174
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| VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE |
179
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| US 33: Seneca Rocks - Franklin - Virginia State Line |
182
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| Seneca Rocks |
184
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| Germany Valley Overlook |
188
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| US 48: Davis - Moorefield - Virginia State Line |
196
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| US 50: Virginia State Line - Romney - Skyline |
211
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| US 460 and US 219: Bluefield - Lewisburg - Marlinton |
218
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| Narrows Gap through East River Mountain |
222
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| Beartown State Park |
228
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| Devils Backbone along WV 39 |
230
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| US 220: Keyser - Moorefield - Petersburg - Virginia State Line |
234
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| Smoke Hole |
239
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| US 522: Virginia State Line - Berkeley Springs - Hancock (Maryland) |
244
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| WV 92 and WV 28: White Sulphur Springs - Petersburg |
250
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| BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE AND THE GREAT VALLEY |
261
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| I-81: Potomac River (Maryland Border) - Ridgeway (Virginia) |
264
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| WV 9: Martinsburg - Charles Town |
266
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| Harpers Ferry |
267
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| GLOSSARY OF TERMS |
271
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
278
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| INDEX |
285
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