State | Louisiana |
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Name | Delta Plain, Saline Marsh |
Geologic age | Holocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay
Minor
Unconsolidated > Peat
|
Comments | Area of active and abandoned delta lobes of the Mississippi River. |
References | Snead, J.I., and Mcculloh, R.P., 1984, Geologic Map of Louisiana: Louisiana Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Iberia - Jefferson - Lafourche - Orleans - Plaquemines - Saint Bernard - Saint Charles - Saint Mary - Saint Tammany - Terrebonne - Vermilion |