EAST TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Map and Image Gallery


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East Tennessee 24 Geologic Quad Mosaic     New!
CRNS Geologic Map Near Oak Ridge
USGS Geologic Map of Tennessee
Hardeman el al Division of Geology 1966 Geologic Map of Tennessee
LiDAR in the Oak Ridge Area
Geology Map of East Tennessee
Bumpass Cove LiDAR Landscape
Corker Creek LiDAR Landscape
Ducktown LiDAR Landscape
Straight Creek LiDAR + Air Photo Landscape-1
Straight Creek LiDAR + Air Photo Landscape-2
Straight Creek LiDAR + Air Photo Landscape-3
Sweetwater LiDAR Landscape
Clairborne_County_Boat_Ramp_Series-1
Clairborne_County_Boat_Ramp_Series-2
Clairborne_County_Boat_Ramp_Series-3
Lost_Creek_Barite_Mine_LiDAR-1
Lost_Creek_Barite_Mine_LiDAR-2
New_Prospect_Pb-Zn_Mine_Series-1
New_Prospect_Pb-Zn_Mine_Series-2
New_Prospect_Pb-Zn_Mine_Series-3
 

 

The two links below provide a visual sampler from the awesome Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Exhibits on Fossils and Minerals. If you are in the Washington D.C. area then one word: GO!

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - New Fossil Hall
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals

 



Geologic Time
& Events

  Phanerozoic Eon
(542.0 my
to present)

 

my = million years

  Cenozoic Era
(65.5 my
to present)
Quaternary (2.588 my to present)

  • Holocene (11,700 yrs to present)
  • Pleistocene (2.588 my to 11,700 yrs)
Neogene (23.03 to 2.588 my)

  • Pliocene (5.332 to 2.588 my)
  • Miocene (23.03 to 5.332 my)
Paleogene (65.5 to 23.03 my)

  • Oligocene (33.9 to 23.03 my)
  • Eocene (55.8 to 33.9 my)
  • Paleocene (65.5 to 55.8 my)
  Mesozoic Era
(251.0 to
65.5 my)
Cretaceous (145.5 to 65.5 my)

  • Upper (99.6 to 65.5 my)
  • Lower (145.5 to 99.6 my)
Jurassic (199.6 to 145.5 my)

  • Upper (161.2 to 145.5 my)
  • Middle (175.6 to 161.2 my)
  • Lower (199.6 to 175.6 my)
Triassic (251.0 to 199.6 my)
  • Upper (228.7 to 199.6 my)
  • Middle (245.9 to 228.7 my)
  • Lower (251.0 to 245.9 my)
  Paleozoic Era
(541.0 to
251.0 my)
Permian (299.0 to 251.0 my)

  • Lopingian (260.4 to 251.0 my)
  • Guadalupian (270.6 to 260.4 my)
  • Cisuralian (299.0 to 270.6 my)
Carboniferous (359.2 to 299.0 my)

  • Pennsylvanian (318.1 to 299.0 my)
    • Upper (307.2 to 299.0 my)
    • Middle (311.7 to 307.2 my)
    • Lower (318.1 to 311.7 my)
  • Mississippian (359.2 to 318.1 my)
    • Upper (328.3 to 318.1 my)
    • Middle (345.3 to 328.3 my)
    • Lower (359.2 to 345.3 my)
Devonian (416.0 to 359.2 my)

  • Upper (385.3 to 359.2 my)
  • Middle (397.5 to 385.3 my)
  • Lower (416.0 to 397.5 my)
Silurian (443.7 to 416.0 my)

  • Pridoli (418.7 to 416.0 my)
  • Ludlow (422.9 to 418.7 my)
  • Wenlock (428.2 to 422.9 my)
  • Llandovery (443.7 to 428.2 my)
Ordovician (488.3 to 443.7 my)

  • Upper (460.9 to 443.7 my)
  • Middle (471.8 to 460.9 my)
  • Lower (488.3 to 471.8 my)
Cambrian (541.0 to 488.3 my)

  • Furongian (499 to 488.3 my)
  • Series 3 (510 to 499 my)
  • Series 2 (521 to 510 my)
  • Terreneuvian (541.0 to 521 my)
  Proterozoic Eon
(2500 to 541 my)

 

Neoproterozoic Era (1,000 to 541 my)

 Ediacaran (635.0 to 541.0 my)

 Cryogenian (720.0 to 635.0 my)

 Tonian (1000 to 720.0 my)

Mesoproterozoic Era (1,600 to 1,000 my)  

 Stenian (1200 to 1000 my)

 Ectasian (1400 - 1200 my)

 Calymmian (1600 - 1400 my)

Paleoproterozoic Era (2,500 to 1,600 my)  

Statherian (1800 - 1600 my)

Orosirian (2050 - 1800 my)

Rhyacian (2300 - 2050 my)

Siderian (2500 - 2300 my)

  Archean Eon
(4000 to 2500 my)
Neoarchean Era (2,800 to 2,500 my)

 -

Mesoarchean Era (3,200 to 2,800 my)

 -

Paleoarchean Era (3,600 to 3,200 my)

 -

Eo Era (4,000 to 3,600 my)

 -

  Hadean Eon
(4600 to 4000 my)
-  

 -

 -

 -




 


Credit: By United States Geological Survey - Graham, Joseph, Newman, William, and Stacy, John, 2008, The geologic time spiral—A path to the past (ver. 1.1)



 

Credit: By WoudloperDerivative work: Hardwigg

 


 

Page updated October 01, 2023