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Neogene strata (undifferentiated)

Neogene strata (undifferentiated): Poorly sorted clayey sand and gravel deposited in a fluvial environment in South Carolina but becoming more fluvio-marine in Georgia. Unit is characterized by insitu weathered feldspar and an abundance of quartzite gravel and cobbles.
StateSouth Carolina
NameNeogene strata (undifferentiated)
Geologic ageNeogene
Original map labelTnu
Primary rock typesand
Secondary rock typegravel
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > GravelPoorly sorted clayey sand and gravel deposited in a fluvial environment in South Carolina. Unit is characterized by in situ weathered feldspar and an abundance of quartzite gravel and cobbles.
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > SandPoorly sorted clayey sand and gravel deposited in a fluvial environment in South Carolina. Unit is characterized by in situ weathered feldspar and an abundance of quartzite gravel and cobbles.
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 - Calhoun - Orangeburg - Sumter

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