Rising Fawn Thrust Fault

Linked to Valley and Ridge Geologic Province

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The Rising Fawn thrust fault, located in the Valley and Ridge geologic province of northwest Georgia, was formed during the Alleghanian orogeny, the third mountain-building event of the Paleozoic Era.

Photograph by Pamela J. W. Gore

Rising Fawn Thrust Fault

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