[at-l] Earthquake in Georgia

[jbryankramer@xxxxxxx (J Bryan Kramer)]

Look at:

http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/struc_geo/appalach/appalach.htm

> > Speaking of earthquakes and the AT, does anyone know if there are any
> MAJOR
> > uplifts along the AT?  Or any other sites of special interest to geology
> > lovers.

Well yeah but that happened back in the Pennsylvanian age when Gonwanda was
breaking up and the Iapetus Ocean was closing. Called the Allegheny Orogeny.
We are talking 300 million years ago.

>
> Ahem! The AT *is* a major uplift from the collision of continents. Get
> yourself a copy "The Backpacker Magazine Guide to the Appalachian Trail".
> There's lots of geologic history information on the AT in there.
> The entire
> first chapter is on the geologic formation of the Appalachian
> chain and each
> of the section-by-section chapters includes a discussion of the geology of
> that section. I recommend that book highly to any geology and/or history
> buffs. The trail data is out of date but it was general anyway and not
> intended as a hiking guide. It's out-of-print but you can find copies
> through www.alibris.com, www.bibliofind.com, www.amazon.com or
> even on Ebay.
>