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Geologic regions of the Appalachains

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Provider
U.S. Geological Survey
Date created
2003
Location
United States
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  • Two worlds: Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony: First part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange. (Page 1.1)

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map showing geologic regions of the Appalachians

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Map of the Appalachian Mountains region showing the outcrop belts of the “Sedimentary Appalachians” (also called the Appalachian Basin, and represents a vast region underlain by Paleozoic sedimentary rocks), and the “Crystalline Appalachians” (underlain chiefly by Precambrian and Early Paleozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks).