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The Mississippi River as well as the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers formed and cut deep into the valleys. The Nashville Basin, which in reality is a geologic dome, was pushed up from underneath by a mantle plume, exposing softer strata that with additional erosion on the Highland Rim surrounding the basin expanded the size of the basin. The ...
Geological formations in Tennessee largely correspond with the state's topographic features, and, in general, decrease in age from east to west. Most of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the east were formed during the Precambrian era, and contain the state's oldest rocks, igneous strata that is more than 1 billion years old.
Mesozoic geology of Tennessee (1 C) Mining in Tennessee (4 C, 3 P) S. Stratigraphy of Tennessee (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Geology of Tennessee"
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Nashville Basin in Tennessee Nashville Basin fen. The Nashville Basin, also known as the Central Basin, is a term often used to describe the area surrounding Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in which Nashville is located. [1] The Central Basin was caused by an uplifting which produced a dome known as the Nashville Dome.
The Highland Rim is a physiographic section of the larger Interior Low Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger Interior Plains physiographic division. [1] Most of the Highland Rim is located in U.S. EPA Ecoregion 71, Interior Plateau, which is a part of the Eastern Temperate Forest.
This is a list compiling caves in US state of Tennessee with Wikipedia articles. This is the most known caves of any US state, and is estimated to be around twenty percent of all caves in America. [1] This is due to Tennessee's limestone rich geology, the primary mineral required to form caves. [2] [3]
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