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Paleomap Project: http://www.scotese.com/
USGS Information on Plate Tectonics: http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/tectonic.html
Virginia's Geologic History: http://geollab.jmu.edu/vageol/
USGS Video: The Southern Appalachians: A changing world, and Clark, S., E. Romanaux, D. Brizzi, and J. Thomlin, 2001, Teacher's Guide for the U.S. Geological Survey Video "The Southern Appalachians: A changing world," U.S. Geological Survey: Reston, VA.
Dockery, David T., III, 1997, Windows into Mississippi's Geologic Past, Circular 6, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Geology: Jackson, MS.
Redfern, Ron, 1983, The Making of a Continent, Times Books: New York, New York.
Rast, Nicholas, 1989, The evolution of the Appalachian chain, in Bally, A.W., and Palmer, A.R., eds., The geology of North America---An overview; The geology of North America, v. A: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, p. 323-348.
McPhee, John, 1983, In Suspect Terrain, Farrar, Straus, Giroux: New York, New York.
Hatcher, R.D., Jr., Thomas, W.A., and Viele, G.W., eds., 1989, The Appalachian-Ouachita Orogen in the United States; The geology of North America, v. F-2: Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, 767 p.
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