Surficial Deposits, Undivided

Sand, clay, gravel, and peat deposited in marine, fluvial, eolian, and lacustrine environments. Quaternary deposits not shown at altitudes greater than approx. 205 feet above mean sea level (Suffolk Scarp, in part).
State North Carolina
Name Surficial Deposits, Undivided
Geologic age Quaternary
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Alluvial, Eolian, Fluvial, Lacustrine)deposited in marine, fluvial, eolian, and lacustrine environments.
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Alluvial, Eolian, Fluvial, Lacustrine)deposited in marine, fluvial, eolian, and lacustrine environments.
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Alluvial, Eolian, Fluvial, Lacustrine)deposited in marine, fluvial, eolian, and lacustrine environments.
Minor
Unconsolidated > Peat (Alluvial, Eolian, Fluvial, Lacustrine)deposited in marine, fluvial, eolian, and lacustrine environments.
References

Rhodes, Thomas S., and Conrad, Stephen G., 1985, Geologic Map of North Carolina: Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Land Resources, and the NC Geological Survey, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee, scale 1:500,000.

The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998 (updated 2007), Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.

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