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1 Southern Appalachian Windows: Cotnparison of Styles, Scales, GeoDletry and Detachntent Levels of Thrust Faults in the Foreland and Intentides of a Thrust-Dotninated Orogen Atlanta, Georgia to Winston-Salem, North Carolina June 28-July 8, 1989 Field Trip Guidebook T167 Leaders: Robert D. Hatcher, Jr. William A. Thomas Associate Leaders: J. Robert Butler Gregory M. Guthrie Robert J. Hooper Keith 1. McConnell W Edward Osborne Mark G. Steltenpohl Nicholas B. Woodward American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C.

2 Copyright 1989 American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C ISBN: Printed in the United States of America

3 COVER Folds and thrusts produced in a pressure box in clays of different color and relative competency under a confining load of lead shot. (From Bailey Willis, 1893, the mechanics of Appalachian structure: U.S. Geological Survey, 13th Annual Report, Part 2, p )

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Irenermy Contents il iii Tectonic Setting of the Southern Appalachians 1 Day 1 - The Geology ofthe East End of the Pine Mountain Window and Adjacent Piedmont, Central Georgia 11 Stop Descriptions 19 Day 2 - Geology of the Southernmost Exposures of the Pine Mountain Window, Alabama 21 Stop Descriptions 22 Day 3- The Childersburg and Kelley Mountain Breached Windows 29 Stop Descriptions 32 Day 4 - Fort McClellan Window 35 Stop Descriptions 37 Day 5 - Structure ofthe Western Valley and Ridge and Eastern Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee 40 Stop Descriptions 40 Day 6 - Western Great Smoky Mountains Windows: The Foothills Duplex 49 Stop Descriptions 53 Day 7 - Pulaski-Holston Mountain Thrust Zone in Northeastern Tennessee 61 Stop Descriptions 68 Day 8 - Grandfather Mountain Window and Vicinity 73 Stop Descriptions 76 Day 9 - Geology of the Sauratown Mountains Window 78 Stop Descriptions 82 References Cited 87 v

5 SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN WINDOWS: COMPARISON OF STYLES, SCALES, GEOMETRY, AND DETACHMENT LEVELS OF THRUST FAULTS IN THE FORELAND AND INTERNIDES OF A THRUST-DOMINATED OROGEN Leaders: Robert D. Hatcher, Jr. and William A. Thomas Associate Leaders: J. Robert Butler, Keith I. McConne", W. Edward Osborne, B.Woodward Gregory M. Guthrie, Robert J. Hooper, Mark G. Steltenpohl, and Nicholas ITENERARY StartingPoint: Atlanta, Georgia Ending Point: Washington, D.C. JUNE 28, DAY 0 - Arrive Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport, travel to Forsyth, Georgia; evening introduction (night in Forsyth). JUNE 29, DAY 1 - Eastern end of Pine Mountain window (night in Columbus). JUNE 30, DAY 2 - Western end of Pine Mountain window; traverse Piedmont to Sylacauga (night in Sylacauga, Alabama). JULY 1 and 2, DAYS 3 AND 4 - Southern foreland in Alabama: Childersburg, Kelley Mountain, and Fort McClellan windows; travel to Chattanooga (nights in Birmingham, Alabama, and Chattanooga, Tennessee). JULY 3, DAY 5 - Western Valley and Ridge - Cumberland Plateau structure and windows (night in Knoxville, Tennessee). JULY 4, DAY 6 - Western Blue Ridge - eastern Valley and Ridge structure and windows (night in Morristown or Greeneville, Tennessee). JULY 5, DAY 7 - Mountain City window to Grandfather Mountain window (night in Boone, North Carolina). JULY 6, DAY 8 - Grandfather Mountain window (night in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina). JULY 7, DAY 9 - Sauratown Mountains window (night in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina). JULY 8, DAY 10 - To Washington, D.C., by vans. vii

6 Leaders: Robert D. Hatcher, Jr. Department of Geological Sciences University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN and Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory* Oak Ridge, TN William A. Thomas University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Associate Leaders: J. Robert Butler University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC Gregory M. Guthrie, W. Edward Osborne, and Mark G. Steltenpohl Geological Survey of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Robert J. Hooper University of South Florida Tampa, FL Keith I. McConnell University of South Carolina Columbia, SC Nicholas B. Woodward Knoxville, TN * Operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No.DE-AC05-840R ix

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