Geology of northeasternmost Tennessee, with a section on the description of the basement rocks

King, Philip Burke; Ferguson, H.W.; Hamilton, Warren

doi:10.3133/pp311

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“…Although periglacial features have been reported throughout much of the Appalachian Mountains (King et al, 1960;Clark and Ciolkosz, 1988;Gardner et al, 1991), we did not observe these features in the soil pits at sites other than central PA.…”

Section: Climosequence Locationscontrasting

confidence: 90%

Mineralogical Transformations and Soil Development in Shale across a Latitudinal Climosequence

Dere¹,

White

April³

et al. 2016

Soil Science Soc of Amer J

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PedologyTo investigate factors controlling soil formation, we established a climosequence as part of the Susquehanna-Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (SSHCZO) in central Pennsylvania, USA. Sites were located on organic matter-poor, iron-rich Silurian-aged shale in Wales, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Puerto Rico, although this last site is underlain by a younger shale. Across the climosequence, mean annual temperature (MAT) increases from 7 to 24°C and mean annual precipitation (MAP) ranges from 100 to 250 cm. Variations in soil characteristics along the climosequence, including depth, morphology, particle-size distribution, geochemistry, and bulk and clay mineralogy, were characterized to investigate the role of climate in controlling mineral transformations and soil formation. Overall, soil horizonation, depth, clay content, and chemical depletion increase with increasing temperature and precipitation, consistent with enhanced soil development and weathering processes in warmer and wetter locations. Secondary minerals are present at higher concentrations at the warmest sites of the climosequence; kaolinite increases from <5% at northern sites in Wales and Pennsylvania to 30% in Puerto Rico. The deepest observed weathering reaction is plagioclase feldspar dissolution followed by the transformation of chlorite and illite to vermiculite and hydroxy-interlayered vermiculite. Plagioclase, although constituting <12% of the initial shale mineralogy, may be the profile initiating reaction that begins shale bedrock transformation to weathered regolith. Weathering of the more abundant chlorite and illite minerals (~70% of initial mineralogy), however, are more likely controlling regolith thickness. Climate appears to play a central role in driving soil formation and mineral weathering reactions across the climosequence.Abbreviations: CZ, critical zone; HIV, hydroxy-interlayered vermiculite; ICP-AES, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy; LGM, last glacial maximum; MAP, mean annual precipitation; MAT, mean annual temperature; MCL, Materials Characterization Laboratory; SRT, soil residence time ; SSHCZO, Susquehanna-Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory; XRD, x-ray diffraction. Q uantifying changes in the critical zone (CZ), especially soil development and function, is important for predicting the future of soils (NRC, 2001). The CZ extends from the top of the vegetation canopy to freshwater aquifers beneath Earth's surface and is the focus of most ecosystem processes that support terrestrial life . Soil formation within the CZ involves complex coupling between physical, chemical, and biological processes that are not well quantified (Amundson, 2004). Efforts to predict how future changes in climate and land use will modify the CZ are ongoing and are important aspects of developing adaptation and management plans for human society (Banwart et al., 2011 Core Ideas• Detailed characterization of the morphology, geochemistry, and mineralogy of shale-derived soils across a climosequenc...

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Section: Climosequence Locationscontrasting

confidence: 90%

Mineralogical Transformations and Soil Development in Shale across a Latitudinal Climosequence

Dere¹,

White

April³

et al. 2016

Soil Science Soc of Amer J

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“…and Early Cambrian) of the Unaka belt. These rocks show abundant lithologic similarities to rocks of the Chilhowee Group in northeastern Tennessee (King and Ferguson, 1961), and they also lie stratigraphically below the Shady Dolomite of Early Cambrian age. Rocks of the Chilhowee Group in the Linville Falls quadrangle are unfossiliferous, except for a few occurrences of the worm tube, Scolithus; rocks of the Chilhowee Group elsewhere are only very rarely fossiliferous (Keith, 1903;King, 1949;King and Ferguson, 1961).…”

Section: Ijnville Metadiabasementioning

confidence: 88%

“…Conglomerate is absent. Near the summit of Bald Knob and in a few places 011 the slopes of Linville Mountain some quartzite beds contain slightly deformed Scolithus tubes similar to those common in rocks of the Chilhowee Group elsewhere (King, 1949;King and Ferguson, 1961).…”

Section: Upper Qtjartzite Unitmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Shady is also unfossiliferous in northeastern Tennessee (King and Ferguson, 1961), but a few Early Cambrian fossils have been collected from the formation in southwestern Virginia (Resser, 1938, p. 24-25;Butts, 1940, p. 54-56). The dolomite in the Linville Falls quadrangle is correlated with the Shady Dolomite on the basis of its strong lithologic similarity to the Shady in Tennessee (Keith, 1905;John Rodgers, oral communication, 1959;R.…”

Section: Shady Dolomitementioning

confidence: 99%

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Geology of the Linville Falls quadrangle, North Carolina

Reed¹

1964

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“…The geology and bauxite deposits of the Elizabethton district have been described in reports by King and Ferguson (1960) and by King, Ferguson, Craig, and Eodgers (1944) as part of a study of a larger area in northeastern Tennessee. For detailed information on the district, the reader is referred to these two publications.…”

Section: Elizabethton Districtmentioning

confidence: 99%