EAST TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
| Geology in the Area of the Oak Ridge Reservation |
| Anderson County, Tennessee |
| Saturday, March 30, 2013 |
| Trip Leader: Professor Robert D. Hatcher Jr. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
Stop
3 - Knox Group along
CSX Track near TVA Bull Run Steam Plant
Click the links below to see photographs at each of the field trip stops.
| Stop 1 | Rome Formation and Conasauga Group Rocks at Clark Center Park |
| Stop 2 | Chickamauga Group (and Rome Formation) at Solway Bridge |
| Stop 3 | Knox Group along CSX Track near TVA Bull Run Steam Plant |
| Stop 4 | Top-of-Knox Unconformity at Edgemoor Road-Melton Lake Drive Intersection |
| Stop 5 | Silurian (~440 Ma) Rockwood Formation on Melton Lake Drive |
| Stop 6 | Rome Formation at Moores Gap Church on Moores Gap Road (I-75 Frontage Road) |
| Stop 7 | Relationships along I-75 from Clinton to Caryville Exit |
| Stop 8 | Pennsylvanian Rocks across from Recycle Center on TN 330 East of Oliver Springs |
| Stop 9 | Rocks Exposed at the Southwest end of County Club Estates in Oak Ridge |
All photos by Bob
Gelinas unless otherwise specified.
| Stop 3 Knox Group along CSX Track near TVA Bull Run Steam Plant | |
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May 19, 2018 |