Credits: This website and associated newspaper publication was made possible by National Science Foundation award #GEO-0503539 given to Dr. Tracy Jones, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy, and Dr. Diana Sturm, Gulf Coast Geodevelopment, Mobile, Alabama. All photos are the property of the photographers and permission must be obtained prior to use.
Overall copy and layout: Dr. Diana Sturm
Editing: Dr. Tracy Jones
The following references refer to page number in the newspaper insert. The webpages are grouped similarly. Some pages have been combined when the subject matter was the same and others have a separate page. If you did not see the newspaper insert please go to the Print Version on this website and download the .pdf files.
Photographs and specific copy: Cover page: Shoal Creek by Diana Sturm.
Page 2: Dr. Jones and background photos by Diana Sturm, group photo by Tracy Jones.
Page 3: All photos by Tracy Jones.
Page 4: Cherokee story-Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney (1972), Charles Elder, publisher, Nashville, TN. Background photo of Sequatchie Valley by Diana Sturm, Tennessee River photos by Tracy Jones.
Page 5 Computer model graphic and copy (bottom of page) Brad Jackson and Dr.Jonathan Mies, background photo of Tennessee River by Tracy Jones.
Page 6: background of rock rock outcrop by Diana Sturm, all other photos and copy by Dr. Ann Holmes.
Page 7: All fossil photos and copy by Dr. Ann Holmes, background and cave photos by Tracy Jones. Cave information provided by Raccoon Mountain www.raccoonmountain.com.
Page 8: Upper right photo of Tennessee River by Diana Sturm, all other photos by Tracy Jones. Profile of the Tennessee River by Christopher D. Smith, University of North Alabama, 1999, from website: www2.una.edu/geography/tn_web/Dams/index.html.
Page 9: North Chickamauga Creek photos and background photo by Tracy Jones, photos of Shoal Creek by Diana Sturm.
Page 10: Historical photos from the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau. Riverfront park and background photo by Tracy Jones.
Page 11: Lula Lake Falls and background photo by Tracy Jones. Carta Bus photo from historical archives of the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau.
References:
Graf, William, Editor. 1987. Geomorphic Systems of North America, Centennial Special Volume 2.Geological Society of America;
Dott, Robert and Roger Batten. 1988. Evolution of the Earth, 4th edition.
Tennessee Valley Authority river information.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Aquatic Biodiversity website:www.epa.gov/bioindicators/aquatic/river-r.html.
Chattanooga/Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau website: www.apcb.org.
The New York Times Archives, Chemical Contamination Found in a Waterway in Chattanooga, April 15, 1981.
Harry Austin, Editor, The County’s Polluted Streams, June 7, 2006 Chattanooga Times Editorial Page.
History of Chattanooga A Renaissance City UTCollege of Medicine website:www.utcomchatt.org.
State of Tennessee Department of Environment Conservation website: www.state.tn.us/environment water programs for listing of impacted streams.
Dr. Tracy Jones
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dr. Diana Sturm
Owner, Gulf Coast Geodevelopment
Mobile, Alabama