EAST TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Lower Pennsylvanian Geology and Shallow Brittle

Deformation in the Wartburg Area

Wartburg, Tennessee Saturday, May 09, 2015

Trip Leader: Vade Scruggs Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee

Attendees

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Special thanks to Vade Scruggs for leading the field trip and to Vade Scruggs, Bruce Stearns, and Bob Hatcher for assembling the field guide.

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Click the links below to see photographs at each of the field trip stops. 

Stop 1	Lilly Bluff Overlook
Stop 2	Exposed Sandstone-Shale Contact on Highway 62 near Lancing
Stop 3	Exposed Rex Coal at Fritts Road
Stop 4a	Emory River Fault near Nemo Rapids
Stop 4b	Emory River Tear Fault Sandstone Units
Stop 4c	Deformed Shale in Rock Castle Sandstone

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Page updated May 19, 2018