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Alluvial Valley Swamp

Alluvial Valley Swamp: Unconformable on all underlying units, fluvial sand and gravel at base, grading upwards into fine sands and silts, local peat. May be overrun with recent sediments from forest cutting and agriculture.
StateSouth Carolina
NameAlluvial Valley Swamp
Geologic ageQuaternary
Original map labelQavs
Primary rock typesand
Secondary rock typegravel
Other rock typessilt; peat
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
Minor
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt
Incidental
Unconsolidated > Peat
Map references
Newell, Wayne L., Prowell, David (retired), Krantz, David, Powars, David, Mixon, Robert (retired), Stone, Byron, and Willard, Debra, in review, Surficial Geology and Geomorphology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S.G.S. Open File Report,
Unit references
Newell, Wayne L., Prowell, David (retired), Krantz, David, Powars, David, Mixon, Robert (retired), Stone, Byron, and Willard, Debra, in review, Surficial Geology and Geomorphology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S.G.S. Open File Report,
Geographic coverageAiken - Allendale - Bamberg - Barnwell - Beaufort - Berkeley - Calhoun - Charleston - Chesterfield - Clarendon - Colleton - Darlington - Dillon - Dorchester - Florence - Georgetown - Hampton - Horry - Jasper - Kershaw - Lancaster - Lee - Lexington - Marion - Marlboro - Orangeburg - Richland - Sumter - Williamsburg

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