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Neogene strata (undifferentiated)

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Poorly sorted clayey sand and gravel deposited in a fluvial environment in South Carolina but becoming more fluvio-marine in Georgia. Unit is characterized by insitu weathered feldspar and an abundance of quartzite gravel and cobbles.
State South Carolina
Name Neogene strata (undifferentiated)
Geologic age Neogene
Lithologic constituents
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Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Fluvial)Poorly sorted clayey sand and gravel deposited in a fluvial environment in South Carolina. Unit is characterized by in situ weathered feldspar and an abundance of quartzite gravel and cobbles.
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Fluvial)Poorly sorted clayey sand and gravel deposited in a fluvial environment in South Carolina. Unit is characterized by in situ weathered feldspar and an abundance of quartzite gravel and cobbles.
References

Newell, Wayne L., Prowell, David (retired), Krantz, David, Powars, David, Mixon, Robert (retired), Stone, Byron, and Willard, Debra, in review, Surficial Geology and Geomorphology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: USGS Open File Report, in press.
Counties Aiken - Allendale - Bamberg - Barnwell - Calhoun - Orangeburg - Sumter