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Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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  • East of the Chilhowees, and extending to the crest of the range, the formations are of slates, quartzites and conglomerates, t.ll much crushed and folded by the terrific forces which built the mountains. The conglomerates, which were squeezed and boiled under unbelievable pressure, resist erosion and form most of the great peaks on the state line. On Miry Ridge, where the folds of igneous quartz are broken and worn at the top, the outer ridges form the rim of a great bowl, full of "miry" humus, with the flame azalea as a bouquet. Eastward, in the North Carolina part of the park, schists and gneisses appear. The gneisses, probably partly sedimentary and partly igneous, are similar to the granites. Ihese have been deeply weathered, are more rounded in outline and have a heavy mantle of disintegrated rock and a deep soil covering. Here also are ancient igneous rocks, thrust up through the overlying gneisses. These are among the oldest rocks known. 'he Sawteeth between Dry Sluice Gap and Porter Gap, look,,in north northwest from Hughes Ridge. Ill
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