Alluvial deposits

Sand, silt, clay, and gravel. As much as 60 feet thick in flood plains of Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers; in smaller streams generally less than 20 feet thick.
State Tennessee
Name Alluvial deposits
Geologic age Quaternary
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital (Alluvial)sand and gravel
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital (Alluvial)clay and silt
Comments West-Central sheet
References

Greene, D.C., and Wolfe, W.J., 2000, Superfund GIS - 1:250,000 Geology of Tennessee, USGS, (geo250k).

Hardeman, W.D., Miller, R.A., and Swingle, G.D., 1966, Geologic Map of Tennessee: Division of Geology, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000

NGMDB product
Counties Benton - Cheatham - Davidson - Decatur - Dickson - Giles - Hardin - Hickman - Houston - Humphreys - Lincoln - Maury - Montgomery - Perry - Rutherford - Smith - Stewart - Sumner - Trousdale - Wayne - Williamson - Wilson