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New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-12. Trees with double sets of roots. Elevated trees left by scooping out of sand by overflowing Mississippi waters at the south end of Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. The surface is now about at its original level and the original tree trunk can be seen continuing down to the level of the ground. Later, the tree was buried by sand to a depth of 5 feet and new roots formed. Still later, the sand was removed. 1904.
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New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-12. Sand blow (sand volcano) of craterlet type in an area of disturbance at Caruthersville. Pemiscot County, Missouri. 1904. Published as plate 9-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 494. 1912.
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New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-12. Water weeds of shallower lakes of the sunk lands. Varney River. Missouri. 1904. Plate 5-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 494. 1912.
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New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-12. Channel of Varney River. Missouri. 1904. Plate 6-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 494. 1912.
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New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-12. Elevated cypress near south end of Reelfoot Lake. Lake County, Tennessee. 1904. Plate 7-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 494. 1912.
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New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-12. Landslide trench and ridge in the Chickasaw Bluffs resulting from the New Madrid earthquake. East of Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee.
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New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-12. Trees tilted by the New Madrid earthquake at the Chickasaw Bluffs on the east side of Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. Note twist of trees into an upright position.
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New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-12. Stumps of trees killed by deposits of sand. Lake County, Tennessee. Plate 10-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 494. 1912.
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New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-12. River-swamp type of sunk lands formed by earthquake. Varney River, Missouri. 1904. Plate 5-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 494. 1912.
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New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-12. One side of fault trench or "fissure" near banks of St. Francis River, Clay County, Arkansas. 1904. Plate 2-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 494. 1912.
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New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-12. Young growth along edges of sunk lands. Varney River. Missouri. 1904. Plate 6-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 494. 1912.
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New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-12. Landslide scarps in the Chickasaw Bluffs resulting from the New Madrid earthquake east of Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. 1904.
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New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-12. Earthquake fissure filled with intruded sand in Mississippi County, Missouri. Formed at the time of the New Madrid earthquake. 1904.
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New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-12. Sand blows of the New Madrid earthquake. Coalescent or linear blows obstructing drainage in the Arkansas district at Blytheville, Missouri. 1904.