Tabb Formation; Poquoson Member (VAQtp;0)

Tabb Formation; Poquoson Member

Poquoson Member (Johnson, 1976). Medium to coarse, pebbly sand grades upward into clayey fine sand and silt, light- to medium-gray; underlies ridge and swale topography (altitude ranges from sea level to 11 feet) along the margin of Chesapeake Bay and in the lower and middle parts of Coastal Plain rivers. Thickness is 0 to 15 feet.

State	Virginia
Name	Tabb Formation; Poquoson Member
Geologic age	Quaternary
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
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	NGMDB product page for 34878
Counties	Gloucester - Isle of Wight - King and Queen - Chesapeake - Hampton - Newport News - Poquoson - Virginia Beach

Tabb Formation; Poquoson Member

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.