Basin of Middle Tennessee

Description

Different physiografic provinces make up the Basin of Middle Tennessee. Sections from east to west across the basin shows (1) the Lower Silurian strata, (2) the Devonian strata, (3) Carboniferous strata, (4) the Lower Carboniferous strata, (5) Conglomerate (Parma Conglomerae), (6) Coal measures.

Keywords

Basin of Middle Tennessee, strata

Galleries

Geology

Source:

Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1870)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman