Geologic units in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Additional scientific data in this geographic area

Braided Stream Terraces (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 54 % of this area

Light gray, tan and brown fine to coarse sand; some clay silt and gravel. Overlain by 1-9 meters of loess.

Braided Stream Terraces (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 31 % of this area

Light gray, tan and brown fine to coarse sand; some clay silt and gravel.

Alluvium (Holocene) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

Gray to brownish gray clay and silty clay, reddish brown in the Red River Valley, some sand and gravel locally.

Terrace deposits (Late Pleistocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Alluvial deposits on one or more terrace levels