D. Cummings
1965
<p><span>The </span>Bays<span> </span>Mountain<span> </span>synclinorium<span> is in the Valley and Ridge province in </span>northeast<span> </span>Tennessee<span>, southwest of Kingsport and west of Greeneville. The more clastic part of the </span>Bays<span> </span>formation<span> lies in the east section of the </span>synclinorium<span>. The thickness of the </span>Bays<span> decreases from about 870 feet on the east to about 600 feet on the west. Presumably, the red beds and primary features of the </span>Bays<span> </span>formation<span> formed under deltaic conditions. A Camarocladia Zone near its base indicates a time-transgression of the </span>Bays<span>. The </span>Bays<span> is older at the base to the east than at its base to the west. The </span>heavy<span> </span>minerals<span> of the </span>Bays<span> were compared with those of the Cambrian and Precambrian(?) sediments, volcanic rocks, and accessory </span>minerals<span> of the crystalline complex which now comprise the Blue Ridge. The </span>minerals<span> identified include nearly all those in the Cambrian and Precambrian(?) sediments as well as additional </span>minerals<span> not found in these older sediments but that are in the crystalline complex. Such </span>minerals<span> indicate that at least a part of the crystalline complex was above sea level during the Middle Ordovician.</span></p>
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10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[591:SAHMOT]2.0.CO;2
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Geological Society of America
Stratigraphy and heavy minerals of the bays formation, Bays Mountain synclinorium, northeast Tennessee
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