| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Understanding the Earth | p. 2 |
| The Rock Cycle Meets Tectonics | p. 5 |
| Ages of Rocks | p. 7 |
| Bedrock History of Connecticut and Rhode Island | p. 8 |
| Glacial History | p. 13 |
| Pioneers of North American Glacial Geology | p. 13 |
| A Frozen World | p. 16 |
| Retreat of the Ice and Formation of Lakes | p. 18 |
| Glacial Landforms and Deposits | p. 20 |
| Postglacial History | p. 26 |
| Sea Level and the Coast | p. 27 |
| Human Activity | p. 30 |
| Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut | p. 33 |
| Bronson Hill Volcanic Arc | p. 34 |
| Eastern Connecticut Thrust Belt | p. 35 |
| Avalonia: A Geologist's Paradise | p. 38 |
| Narragansett Basin | p. 41 |
| Glaciation | p. 48 |
| Road Guides in Rhode Island | p. 49 |
| Interstate 95: Pawtucket-Connecticut State Line | p. 49 |
| US 1: Narragansett-Westerly | p. 55 |
| US 6 and US 44: East Providence-Connecticut State Line | p. 61 |
| RI 138 and RI 24: Tiverton-South Kingston | p. 67 |
| RI 122 and RI 146: Pawtucket-Woonsocket | p. 90 |
| Block Island | p. 95 |
| Road Guides in Connecticut | p. 104 |
| Interstate 84: Massachusetts State Line-Manchester | p. 104 |
| Interstate 95: Rhode Island State Line-Branford | p. 110 |
| Interstate 395: Massachusetts State Line-Interstate 95 | p. 124 |
| US 6 and US 44: Rhode Island State Line-Manchester | p. 130 |
| Connecticut 2: Stonington-Glastonbury | p. 141 |
| Connecticut 9: Old Saybrook-Middletown | p. 152 |
| The Hartford Basin of Connecticut | p. 163 |
| Fault Blocks in the Hartford Basin | p. 166 |
| Rocks of the Hartford Basin | p. 166 |
| Jurassic Life | p. 168 |
| Glacial Lakes Middletown and Hitchcock | p. 170 |
| Road Guides in the Hartford Basin | p. 173 |
| Interstate 91: New Haven-Massachusetts State Line | p. 173 |
| Interstate 95: Branford-West Haven | p. 187 |
| US 44: Manchester-Avon | p. 189 |
| Connecticut 9: Middletown-New Britain | p. 195 |
| Western Connecticut | p. 201 |
| Taconic Mountain Building Event | p. 203 |
| Acadian Mountain Building Event | p. 206 |
| Mount Prospect and Hodges Complexes | p. 206 |
| Jurassic Rifting | p. 209 |
| Glaciation | p. 209 |
| Road Guides in Western Connecticut | p. 210 |
| Interstate 84: Southington-Danbury | p. 210 |
| Interstate 95: West Haven-Greenwich | p. 218 |
| US 7: Canaan-Norwalk | p. 228 |
| US 44: Canton-New York State Line | p. 239 |
| Glossary | p. 255 |
| Bibliography | p. 263 |
| Index | p. 269 |
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