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How were the Appalachian Mountains formed? Are the barrier islands moving? This book provides answers to these and other questions. It is a guide to the geology of North Carolina and South Carolina. It explains techniques geologists use to ""read"" rocks, the science of plate tectonics, and the formation of the Carolinas.

Covering the coastal region from Ocracoke Inlet to the South Carolina border, this text examines the area's natural environment, highlighting the processes that have shaped, and continue to shape, North Carolina's southern coast.

A study of the major environmental processes affecting North Carolina's Outer Banks in America: the rising sea level; movement of sand by wind and water; and stabilization of sand by plant life. It also points out where along the northern Banks visitors can observe environmental processes at work.