Tabb Formation; Undifferentiated

Tabb Formation, undifferentiated (upper Pleistocene, Johnson, 1976). Sand, silt, and peat of coast-parallel plains seaward of the Suffolk and Harpersville scarps, includes coeval terrace deposits along major river valleys west to Fall Line. Subdivided into three members (Johnson, 1976).
State Virginia
Name Tabb Formation; Undifferentiated
Geologic age Quaternary
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt
Unconsolidated > Peat
Comments Coastal Plain
References

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1993, Geologic Map of Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, scale 1:500,000.

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 2003, Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia, Publication 174, CD ROM (ISO-9660) contains image file, expanded explanation in pdf, and ESRI shapefiles, scale 1:500,000.

NGMDB product
Counties Caroline - Fairfax - Prince William - Spotsylvania - Stafford