State | Alabama |
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Name | Alluvial, coastal and low terrace deposits |
Geologic age | Holocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Terrace-marine)
Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Alluvial)Gravel composed of quartz and chert pebbles and assorted metmorphic and igneous rock fragments in streams near the Piedmont. In areas of the Valley and Ridge province gravel composed of angular to subrounded chert, quartz, and quartzite pebbles.
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Alluvial)
Incidental
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Marl (Terrace-marine)
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert
Unconsolidated > Peat (Terrace-marine)
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References | Szabo, M.W., Osborne, E.W., Copeland, C.W. Jr., and Neathery, T.L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Autauga - Baldwin - Barbour - Bibb - Bullock - Butler - Cherokee - Chilton - Choctaw - Clarke - Coffee - Conecuh - Covington - Crenshaw - Dale - Dallas - Elmore - Escambia - Etowah - Fayette - Franklin - Geneva - Greene - Hale - Henry - Houston - Lamar - Lee - Lowndes - Macon - Marengo - Marion - Mobile - Monroe - Montgomery - Perry - Pickens - Pike - Russell - Saint Clair - Sumter - Tallapoosa - Tuscaloosa - Washington - Wilcox |