State | Maryland |
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Name | Chesapeake Group; Choptank Formation |
Geologic age | Miocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone > Coquinaprominent shell beds
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Stratigraphic units | Chesapeake Group |
References | Cleaves, E.T., Edwards, J., Jr., and Glaser, J.D., 1968, Geologic Map of Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland, scale 1:250,000.In 1995 the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey digitized the geologic map of Maryland from the 1968 paper map (Reference MD001). Information about products from the Maryland Geological Survey can be found at http://www.mgs.md.gov/. |
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Counties | Calvert - Caroline - Dorchester - Saint Mary's - Talbot |