Roadside Geology of MississippiTable of Contents | |
| THE BILLIONS YEARS WAR | 1 |
| PLATE TECTONICS | 5 |
| THE ROCK CYCLE | 9 |
| SEDIMENTARY ROCKS | 10 |
| DATING ROCKS | 11 |
| STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY | 12 |
| GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI | 13 |
| PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES | 33 |
| MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT | 36 |
| OIL AND GAS | 39 |
| NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI | 41 |
| LIGNITE | 42 |
| Interstate 20: Jackson - Newton - Meridian - Alabama | 44 |
| Jackson Dome | 44 |
| Red Hot Fossil Site | 53 |
| Mississippi 16: Canton - Philadelphia | 56 |
| Mississippi 19: Meridian - Philadelphia | 59 |
| Mississippi 25: Jackson - Carthage - Renfroe | 59 |
| LeFleurs Bluff State Park and Mississippi Museum of Natural Science | 60 |
| Goshen Springs | 63 |
| Interstate 55: Canton - Tillatoba | 64 |
| Mississippi 35: Forest - Vaiden | 64 |
| Natchez Trace Parkway: Ridgeland - Kosciusko | 66 |
| Ross Barnett Reservoir and Cypress Swamp | 67 |
| US 82: Carrollton - Starkville | 69 |
| Mississippi 15: Philadelphia - Woodland | 73 |
| Mississippi 25: Renfroe - Starkville | 74 |
| Natchez Trace Parkway: Koskiusko - Mathiston | 76 |
| Red Hills Mine and Power Plant | 76 |
| Interstate 22/US 78: Tennessee - New Albany | 77 |
| US 278/Mississippi 6: Batesville - Oxford - Pontotoc | 79 |
| University of Mississippi | 80 |
| Mississippi 8: Grenada - Natchez Trace | 81 |
| US 82: Starkville - Columbus - Alabama | 83 |
| Mississippi State University | 83 |
| Plymouth Bluff | 85 |
| US 45: Meridian - Brooksville - Columbus - Aberdeen | 86 |
| Kemper County Energy Facility | 89 |
| US 45 Alternate: Brooksville - West Point - Shannon | 91 |
| US 45: Aberdeen - Tennessee | 92 |
| W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park | 94 |
| US 72: Tennessee - Corinth - Alabama | 96 |
| Woodall Mountain | 98 |
| Interstate 22/US 78: New Albany - Tupelo - Alabama | 98 |
| US 278/Mississippi 6: Pontotoc - Tupelo | 100 |
| Mississippi 15: Woodland - Tennessee | 101 |
| Natchez Trace Parkway: Houston - Alabama | 102 |
| Tennessee - Tombigbee Waterway | 103 |
| Tishomingo State Park | 104 |
| THE DELTA: MISSISSIPPI RIVER ALLUVIAL PLAIN AND LOESS HILLS | 108 |
| GEOLOGIC HISTORY | 108 |
| LOESS | 110 |
| RIVER DYNAMICS AND HISTORY | 112 |
| HUMANS AND THE MISSISSIPPI | 114 |
| THE DELTA'S ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC VALUE | 117 |
| FROM THE ROAD | 118 |
| Interstate 55: Tillatoba - Tennessee | 123 |
| Interstate 69/Mississippi 304: US 61 - Interstate 55 | 123 |
| US 49E: Minter City - Tutwiler | 124 |
| US 49W/US 49: Ruleville - Tutwiler - Clarksdale - Arkansas | 125 |
| US 61: Cleveland - Clarksdale - Tennessee | 127 |
| Tunica RiverPark | 128 |
| US 278/Mississippi 6: Clarksdale - Batesville - Interstate 55 | 130 |
| Mississippi 1 (Great River Road): Rosedale - US 49 | 131 |
| Yazoo Pass | 132 |
| Mississippi 8: Rosedale - Cleveland - Grenada | 132 |
| Mississippi 304 (Scenic Route): Coldwater - Hernando | 134 |
| Arkabutla Lake | 135 |
| US 49E: Yazoo City - Greenwood - Minter City | 137 |
| US 49W: Yazoo City - Belzoni - Indianola - Ruleville | 140 |
| Sky Lake Wildlife Management Area | 141 |
| US 61: Onward - Cleveland | 144 |
| US 82: Arkansas - Greenville - Indianola - Greenwood - Carrollton | 145 |
| Mississippi Alluvial Fans | 147 |
| Mississippi 1 (Great River Road): Mayersville - Greenville - Rosedale | 150 |
| Winterville Mounds | 150 |
| The 1927 Mound Landing Levee Breach | 151 |
| Mississippi 7: Greenwood - Grenada | 152 |
| Mississippi 16: Yazoo City - Canton | 152 |
| Kudzu | 153 |
| Interstate 20: Vicksburg - Bolton - Jackson | 154 |
| Vicksburg | 156 |
| Vicksburg National Military Park | 158 |
| US 49: Jackson - Flora - Yazoo City | 161 |
| Mississippi Petrified Forest | 162 |
| Tinsley Oil Field | 163 |
| US 61: Louisiana - Natchez - Vicksburg - Onward | 164 |
| Clark Creek Natural Area | 165 |
| Natchez | 168 |
| Jefferson College | 169 |
| Grand Gulf Military Monument Park | 169 |
| Delta National Forest | 173 |
| US 84: Natchez - Interstate 55 | 173 |
| US 98: Natchez - Interstate 55 | 175 |
| Mississippi 1 (Great River Road): Onward - Mayersville | 175 |
| Mississippi 3: Redwood - Yazoo City | 175 |
| Natchez Trace Parkway: Natchez - Ridgeland | 176 |
| Emerald Mound | 176 |
| Rocky Springs | 179 |
| SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI | 180 |
| SALT DOMES | 180 |
| Interstate 55: Louisiana - McComb - Brookhaven - Jackson | 183 |
| US 49: Hattiesburg - Jackson | 185 |
| D'Lo and the Strong River | 187 |
| US 84: Brookhaven - Leaf River | 188 |
| US 98: McComb - Hattiesburg | 189 |
| Red Bluff | 189 |
| Interstate 59: Lumberton - Hattiesburg - Laurel - Meridian | 193 |
| Dunns Falls Water Park | 194 |
| US 45: Alabama - Meridian | 196 |
| Clark County Faults | 198 |
| US 49: Maxie - Hattiesburg | 200 |
| US 84: Leaf River - Laurel - Alabama | 201 |
| US 98: Hattiesburg - Mississippi 63 | 202 |
| Mississippi 15: Beaumont - Laurel - Newton | 204 |
| COASTAL MISSISSIPPI | 207 |
| BARRIER ISLANDS | 212 |
| COASTAL MODIFICATION BY HUMANS | 215 |
| Interstate 10: Louisiana - Gulfport - Biloxi - Moss Point - Alabama | 218 |
| Big Ridge Escarpment | 219 |
| Pascagoula River | 221 |
| Interstate 110: US 90 - Interstate 10 | 221 |
| US 49: Gulfport - Maxie | 222 |
| US 90: Louisiana - Gulfport - Biloxi - Pascagoula - Alabama | 224 |
| Biloxi Lighthouse | 229 |
| Gulf Islands National Seashore | 230 |
| Hurricanes | 233 |
| Mississippi 63: US 90 - US 98 | 237 |
| Mississippi 605/Mississippi 67: US 90 - US 49 | 239 |
| GLOSSARY | 240 |
| REFERENCES | 250 |
| INDEX | 263 |
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