Beach Sand and Dune Sand Deposits (VAsb;0)

Beach Sand and Dune Sand Deposits

Pale-gray to light-yellowish gray, fine to coarse, poorly sorted to well-sorted, shelly in part; contains angular to rounded fragments and whole valves of mollusks. Comprises deposits of coastal barrier islands and narrow beach dune ridges bordering brackish-water marshes of Chesapeake Bay. Thickness is as much as 40 feet.

State	Virginia
Name	Beach Sand and Dune Sand Deposits
Geologic age	Quaternary
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Beach, Eolian)beach and dune sand
Comments	Coastal Plain; added Holocene epoch to age table (Karen Hostettler)
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	Accomack - Lancaster - Mathews - Middlesex - Northampton - Northumberland - Westmoreland - Hampton - Norfolk - Virginia Beach

Beach Sand and Dune Sand Deposits

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.