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The Precambrian in Tennessee, US

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Paleontology and geology

Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks are exposed in the Blue Ridge Mountains along the eastern border of Tennessee. The sediments that became the metamorphic rocks were initially deposited in a deep-water basin off the coast of the early North American continent.


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