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Delta Plain, Fresh Marsh

gray to black clay of very high organic content, some peat.
StateLouisiana
NameDelta Plain, Fresh Marsh
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene
Original map labelQdf
CommentsArea of active and abandoned delta lobes of the Mississippi River.
Primary rock typeclay or mud
Secondary rock typepeat
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay
Minor
Unconsolidated > Peat
Map references
United States Geological Survey, 1998, Digital Overlay of the Geologic Map of Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center, Product Id USGS-NWRC 1984-02-0001, http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/.
Unit references
United States Geological Survey, 1998, Digital Overlay of the Geologic Map of Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center, Product Id USGS-NWRC 1984-02-0001, http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/.
Geographic coverageIberia - Jefferson - Lafourche - Plaquemines - Saint Bernard - Saint Charles - Saint John the Baptist - Saint Mary - Saint Tammany - Tangipahoa - Terrebonne

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