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Stratigraphy And Structure Of The Millican Creek Area, Sevier County, Tennessee, James R. Marie

Masters Theses

[From Introduction] [abbreviated]

The Millican Creek area, named for a small stream which traverses the region, is located in the northeastern portion of Sevier County, Tennessee, approximately twenty miles east of Knoxville (Figure 1). The area is situated within the Tennessee section of the Valley and Ridge physiographic province (Fenneman, 1938, pp. 265-276) about eight miles northwest of the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The mapped area (Plate 1), which encompasses about twenty-five square miles, is represented within the Kykers Ferry (156-NE) 7-1/2 minute topographic map published jointly by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States …

A Study Of The Rome Formation In The Valley And Ridge Province Of East Tennessee, Joseph John Spigai

Masters Theses

Purpose and Scope:

The purpose of the present study is to bring together newly derived information and earlier accounts of the varied characteristics of the Rome formation in order that they may be examined in an objective manner with a view toward a broader synthesis of information.

The present study consists, for the most part, of a detailed examination of three selected exposures of the Rome formation measured by the writer in the Valley and Ridge province of Tennessee. The newer data have been derived from field and laboratory studies of the lithology, sedimentology, and stratigraphy at the three exposures. …