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Geologic units in Brantley county, Georgia

Wicomico Shoreline Complex - barrier island facies (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Wicomico Shoreline Complex - barrier island facies

Lithology: beach sand

Charlton Formation and Duplin Marl (Pliocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Charlton Formation and Duplin Marl

Lithology: limestone; clay or mud

Wicomico Shoreline Complex - marsh and lagoonal facies (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Wicomico Shoreline Complex - marsh and lagoonal facies

Lithology: unconsolidated deposit

Neogene undifferentiated (Neogene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Neogene undifferentiated, includes Altamaha Grit (Dall, 1892); Citronelle Formation (Matson & Berry, 1916); and "Hawthorn Formation" (Cooke, 1939). (*) - outcrops of indurated sandstone and claystone

Lithology: sandstone; claystone

Penholoway shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 27 % of this area

Penholoway shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies

Lithology: unconsolidated deposit

Talbot shoreline complex - barrier island facies (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Talbot shoreline complex - barrier island facies

Lithology: beach sand

Pleistocene-Pliocene sands and gravels (Pleistocene-Pliocene) at surface, covers 6 % of this area

Pleistocene-Pliocene sands and gravels, includes, in part, Sunderland, Coharie, and Brandywine "Formations" of Cooke, 1939

Lithology: sand; gravel

Penholoway shoreline complex - barrier island facies (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 19 % of this area

Penholoway shoreline complex - barrier island facies

Lithology: beach sand

Pamlico shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies (Pleistocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Pamlico shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies

Lithology: unconsolidated deposit

Stream alluvium (Quaternary) at surface, covers 20 % of this area

Stream alluvium and undifferentiated terrace deposits

Lithology: alluvium; alluvial terrace

Talbot shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Talbot shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies

Lithology: unconsolidated deposit