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In the US, there is a hiking trail, the Appalachian trail. it starts in Georgia, with the first promiment appearence of green mineral, called serpentine, (but the Appalachians themselves extend to Arkanasas) and end in Maine, (but the mountains, and the serpentine, continue) all the way up to New Brunswick, and these mountains are geologically the same that run through Ireland, Cornwall, Wales and Scotland. they have the same stata's, and the serpentine.
every where in this ancient, eroded chain of mountains, the local names change.. i know many of the local names, but certainly not all of them. -- but what is interesting, is this chain connects many here on this board.. so, if you now, or have every lived in, or near this chain of mountains, what are your names for them? I will give two NY names, ( i am sure there are others who can give other NY names, Whit, i know two NJ names.. but i think you know them) what are the called near you, Wow, and Mav, WW, Jackie, Biker mom, Jo and everyone else?
In NY, at different points, the mountains are called Catskills, some of the lower more eroded parts are called the Ramapos.
in my reading about the appalachians, i came across two predominant ways of saying Appalachia.
NY-- Appa-lay-chia
Non NY Appa -latch-a
are there others?
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Which reminds me that I never did get round to reading a Walk in the Woods - adore the author, I do.
writing recently inspired by Yoda (boy can he move)having seen Star Wars (-2) - sorry about Ewan McGregor folks, I know he's Scottish, but
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Of the Appalachian Mountains, of troy, they extend from Maine to Alabama, and not into Arkansas- that's the Ozarks. The orogenies of the two mountain ranges differ greatly in time and in process, and Alabamians get miffed when you leave them off your list. ____________________________ __________________________________
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Then there's Apalachin, NY. Pronounced appl-ayk-'n
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The North Carolina-Tennessee border section of the trails is in the Smokey Mountains, so named because of the mist that hovers above and among the trees. It's a beautiful area (I've backpacked in that section twice) and home to the famed Rocky Top, but also Gatlinburg and Dollywood.
I've always pronounced Appalachian as "apa-LAY-sh'n".
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We've got the Blue Ridge Mountains that are part of the Appalachians over in Charlottesville. I drove through 'em last weekend. They're called the Blue Ridge Mountains, suprisingly, because they are blue and they appear to have some ridges. The trees on 'em that most would expect to be green are blue, and the bears, possums, and squirrels in 'em are blue, too, not to mention the chrysalises, however you spell the dadburn word and its plural.
Oh, and we pronounce the chain: Apple LAY Chins
Blue Ridgegards,
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"Serpentinite is a rare rock type that is developed only in subduction zones, where one tectonic
plate is subducted under another. This serpentinite at the Presidio is probably made from rock
scraped off the bottom of ocean crust that is found east of the subduction zone. These deep ocean
crust and upper mantle rocks were then altered by pressure and hot fluids that circulated through
them in the subduction zone and on their way to the surface. They are now at the Earth's surface
because the region has experienced uplift after subduction ceased, and because these altered rocks are now lighter than surrounding rocks and are therefore rising to the surface."
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Yes helen, but the Ramapos are hills, really, up in the Northeast corner of the state rimming New York in Passaic county. The real deal is the Kittatinny Mountains in the Northwest corner of the state in Sussex and Warren Counties including High Point State Park, Stokes State Forest, and the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. I lived on a lake in Sussex County (Lake Mohawk in Sparta) when I was a boy. The Appalachian Trail goes right through The Delaware Water Gap (including the gorgeous Worthington Tract) and Stokes State Forest. This part of New Jersey is known as The Skylands. Here's URLs for photos and background on the Kitattinny Mountain area and the Delaware Water Gap (which also borders on Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains). Get Off the Turnpike!®  http://www.njskylands.com/odhikeaptrl.htmhttp://www.cs.princeton.edu/~gtan/album/Tg_DelawareWaterGap04_thumb.jpg
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well actually the ozarks are were originally part of the same mountain chain.. and then a long ago, a river carved its way throug a gap... and now the mighty mississippi divide the ozarks from the rest of the appalachian chain.. just as the same geological structures cross the atlantic.. the appalachian mountains where a huge geological structure.
i knew the appalachian trail started in georgia, and i didn't think they went south of Atlanta..
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Helen,
You keep writing that the Appalachians start in Georgia. Is this geologically true? At their beginning, did they start in Georgia v. Maine? Interesting concept to think about...
Best regards,
WW
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