Inventory of Paleozoic Fossils in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Repetski JE. 1997. Inventory of Paleozoic Fossils in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. U.S. Geological Survey. Reston, VA
Carbonate rocks of marine origin form the bedrock of Cades Cove, in the western part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Some of these limestones and dolostones contain fossils. All of the faunas known to date indicate a medial Early Ordovician age and correlation with the middle part of the upper Knox Group and with the Jonesboro Limestone in eastern Tennessee outside of the Park. An inventory of known Paleozoic fossils from Cades Cove is presented herein; the faunas include conodonts, brachiopods, mollusks, and trilobites.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Repetski, John
- Date of Issue
- 1997
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- brachiopods, Cades Cove, Conodonts, Fossils, GRSM-00729, Jonesboro Limestone, Limestone, Lower Ordovician, Mollusks, Paleozoic carbonate rocks, trilobites, Upper Cambrian
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology