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Geologic units containing Unconsolidated material
Earth material
Unconsolidated material
A sediment that is loosely arranged or unstratified, or whose particles are not cemented together, found either at the surface or at depth.
This category is also used for
Unconsolidated deposit
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Subtopics:
Alluvium
Biogenic material
Clay or mud
Eolian material
Glacial drift
Gravel
Lake or marine sediment
Mass wasting material
Residuum
Sand
Silt
Volcanic ash
Water
Georgia
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Louisiana
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New Mexico
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South Carolina
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Virginia
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Washington
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Wyoming
Georgia
Holocene Shoreline Complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
(Holocene)
Holocene Shoreline Complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
Pamlico shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
(Pleistocene)
Pamlico shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
Penholoway shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
(Pleistocene)
Penholoway shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
Princess Anne shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
(Pleistocene)
Princess Anne shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
Talbot shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
(Pleistocene)
Talbot shoreline complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
Wicomico Shoreline Complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
(Pleistocene)
Wicomico Shoreline Complex - marsh and lagoonal facies
Louisiana
Cook Mountain Formation
(Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene)
greenish gray sideritic clay in upper part may weather to brown ironstone; yellow to brown clays and fossiliferous marl in lower part may weather to black soil. Ironstone concretions near base.
Upper Cretaceous
(Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous)
fossiliferous limestone and marl
New Mexico
Los Pinos Formation of Lower Santa Fe Group
(Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary)
Los Pinos Formation of Lower Santa Fe Group (Miocene and upper Oligocene); includes Carson Conglomerate (Dane and Bachman, 1965) in Tusas Mountains-San Luis Basin area
Lower and Middle Santa Fe Group
(Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary)
Lower and Middle Santa Fe Group. Includes Hayner Ranch, Rincon Valley, Popotosa, Cochiti, Tesuque, Chamita, Abiquiu, and other Formations; Miocene and uppermost Oligocene
older piedmont alluvial deposits and shallow basin fill
(Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary)
Older piedmont alluvial deposits and shallow basin fill; includes Quemado Formation and in northeast, high level pediment gravels
sedimentary and vocaniclastic sedimentary rocks
(Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary)
Mostly Oligocene and upper Eocene sedimentary and volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks with local andesitic to intermediate volcanics; includes Espinaso, Spears, Bell Top, and Palm Park Formations
Upper Santa Fe Group
(Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary)
Upper Santa Fe Group. Includes Camp Rice, Fort Hancock, Palomas, Sierra Ladrones, Ancha, Puye, and Alamosa Formations; middle Pleistocene to uppermost Miocene
upper Tertiary sedimentary units
(Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary)
Upper Tertiary sedimentary units; includes Bidahochi Formation, the Picuris Formation, and Las Feveras Formation, and locally fanglomerates; Pliocene to upper Miocene
South Carolina
Atlantic Coastal Plain deposit, undivided
(Tertiary and Cretaceous)
Atlantic Coastal Plain deposit, undivided: undivided sediments
Chenier plain and deltas of Suwannee & Chattahoochie Rivers
(Holocene)
Chenier plain and deltas of Suwannee & Chattahoochie Rivers
Quaternary undifferentaited
(Quaternary)
Quaternary undifferentaited: undifferentiated beach, tidal marsh, and coastal terrace sequence
Virginia
Artificial Fill
(Quaternary)
Artificial Fill - Areas filled for construction and waste disposal
Washington
Miocene nonmarine rocks
(Late Miocene)
Poorly to moderately consolidated tuffaceous sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, and claystone in western Washington. Chiefly clay and shale with minor sand, gravel, and diatomaceous earth near Spokane. Includes diatomite beds near Yakima and Quincy, and some marine beds in Western Washington.
Wyoming
Gravel, pediment, and fan deposits
(Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene)
GRAVEL, PEDIMENT, AND FAN DEPOSITS--Mostly locally derived clasts. Includes some glacial deposits along east flank of Wind River Range. Locally includes some Tertiary gravels.