Along the “Glarus overthrust”, rock formations 250-300 million years old are superimposed onto much younger rocks, dating back 35-50 million years.

Its east face is an escarpment rising upwards of 1,000 feet from meadows at its base. In geologic terms this is textbook overthrust geology — older rocks pushed up and over younger rocks.

Article citations More>> J. L. Rich, “Mechanics of Low-Angle Overthrust Faulting as Illustrated by Cumberland Thrust Block, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee,” American Association of Petroleum ...

During the period from September 16, 2004 to July 31, 2005, the Phase I Drilling Program will include the expenditure of an additional $1.5 million on the geology, logging and drilling.