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Benutzer:Shi Annan/Great Smoky Mountains
{{for|the lunar range|Smoky Mountains (Moon)}}
{{Infobox mountain range
| name = Great Smoky Mountains
| photo = Clifftops4-7-07.jpg
| photo_size = 300
| photo_caption = The Smoky Mountains, viewed from atop [[Mount Le Conte (Tennessee)|Mount Le Conte]].
| country = United States
| state = Tennessee 
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==Geology==
[[Image:Alum-cave-bluffs-tn1.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Alum Cave Trail|Alum Cave Bluffs]].]]

Most of the rocks in the Great Smoky Mountains consist of Late [[Precambrian]] rocks that are part of a formation known as the '''Ocoee Supergroup'''.  The Ocoee Supergroup consists primarily of slightly metamorphosed sandstones, phyllites, schists, 
and slate, and trace amounts of calcium carbonate<Geology. National Park Service. Retrieved from https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/geology.htm#10/35.6238/-83.5757> .  Early Precambrian rocks, which include the oldest rocks in the Smokies, comprise the dominant rock type in the Raven Fork Valley (near [[Oconaluftee (Great Smoky Mountains)|Oconaluftee]]) and upper Tuckasegee River between [[Cherokee, North Carolina|Cherokee]] and [[Bryson City, North Carolina|Bryson City]].  They consist primarily of metamorphic [[gneiss]], [[granite]], and [[schist]].  Cambrian sedimentary rocks are found among the outer reaches of the Foothills to the northwest and in limestone coves (contracted; show full)[[Category:Landforms of Sevier County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Landforms of Cocke County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Landforms of Swain County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Landforms of Haywood County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Natural history of the Great Smoky Mountains| 01]]
[[Category:Appalachian culture]]
[[Category:Old growth forests]]
[[Category:Southern Sixers]]