The Appalachian Mountains: Microcosm
of Earth
How Earth Works: A World Tour
Historical Overview of the Appalachian
Mountains
Stage I: Break-up of Laurentia
Stage II: Growth of the Iapetus Ocean
Stage III: Taconica and Laurentia collide
Stage III-B
Stage IV: Avalonia and Laurentia collide
Stage V: Gondwana slides by
Stage VI: Break-up of Pangea and birth
of the Atlantic Ocean
Original Text, Drawings and Photographs by
Douglas N. Reusch (doug@iceage.umeqs.maine.edu).
Web page conversion and site construction by David B. Reusch (dbr@geosc.psu.edu).
All material ©1999 by the above authors unless otherwise
noted.
Last modified: Saturday, 30-Aug-2003 17:23:46 EDT