Roadside Geology of West VirginiaTable of Contents | |
| Acknowledgments | ix |
| INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| Formation of the Earth | 3 |
| Minerals and Rocks | 7 |
| Geologic Time | 10 |
| GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA | 14 |
| Laying the Foundation: Proterozoic time to 460 million years ago | 14 |
| Mountains and Seas: 460 to 250 million years ago | 17 |
| Shaping the Modern Landscape: 250 million years ago to present time | 20 |
| APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS PROVINCE | 25 |
| Cyclothems of the Pennsylvanian Period | 27 |
| NORTHERN BASIN | 28 |
| I-64: Kenova - Huntington - Charleston | 30 |
| Teays Valley | 32 |
| I-70 and I-470: Pennsylvania State Line - Wheeling | 35 |
| I-77: Williamstown - Parkersburg - Charleston | 37 |
| I-79: Pennsylvania State Line - Morgantown - Charleston | 40 |
| US 50: Grafton - Clarksburg - Parkersburg | 49 |
| Oil and Gas in the Burning Springs Anticline | 53 |
| WV 2: Chester - Weirton - Parkersburg | 57 |
| Ohio River | 60 |
| SOUTHERN BASIN | 68 |
| I-64: Beckley - White Sulphur Springs - Virginia State Line | 71 |
| Karst of the Appalachian Plateaus | 76 |
| Lost World Caverns | 78 |
| I-77/I-64: Charleston - Beckley | 83 |
| I-77: Beckley - Princeton - East River Mountain Tunnel | 86 |
| US 19: Exit 57 of I-79 - Summersville - Beckley | 92 |
| New River Gorge | 98 |
| US 52: Huntington - Williamson - Virginia State Line | 101 |
| Pinnacle Rock State Park | 115 |
| US 119: South Charleston - Kentucky State Line | 118 |
| ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN SECTION | 125 |
| I-68: Morgantown - Maryland State Line | 127 |
| Dorsey's Knob Park | 129 |
| Coopers Rock State Forest | 132 |
| US 33: I-79 - Buckhannon - Elkins - Seneca Rocks | 138 |
| US 50: Skyline - Grafton | 150 |
| US 219: Marlinton - Elkins - Maryland State Line | 155 |
| WV 7: Morgantown - Maryland State Line | 160 |
| Cranesville Swamp | 168 |
| WV 32: Thomas - Harman | 169 |
| Blackwater Falls | 171 |
| Dolly Sods Wilderness Area | 174 |
| VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE | 179 |
| US 33: Seneca Rocks - Franklin - Virginia State Line | 182 |
| Seneca Rocks | 184 |
| Germany Valley Overlook | 188 |
| US 48: Davis - Moorefield - Virginia State Line | 196 |
| US 50: Virginia State Line - Romney - Skyline | 211 |
| US 460 and US 219: Bluefield - Lewisburg - Marlinton | 218 |
| Narrows Gap through East River Mountain | 222 |
| Beartown State Park | 228 |
| Devils Backbone along WV 39 | 230 |
| US 220: Keyser - Moorefield - Petersburg - Virginia State Line | 234 |
| Smoke Hole | 239 |
| US 522: Virginia State Line - Berkeley Springs - Hancock (Maryland) | 244 |
| WV 92 and WV 28: White Sulphur Springs - Petersburg | 250 |
| BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE AND THE GREAT VALLEY | 261 |
| I-81: Potomac River (Maryland Border) - Ridgeway (Virginia) | 264 |
| WV 9: Martinsburg - Charles Town | 266 |
| Harpers Ferry | 267 |
| GLOSSARY OF TERMS | 271 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 278 |
| INDEX | 285 |
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