Author : Robert Q Oaks (Jr)
Release : 1964
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Book Synopsis Post-miocene Stratigraphy and Morphology, Outer Coastal Plain, Southeastern Virginia by : Robert Q Oaks (Jr)
Download or read book Post-miocene Stratigraphy and Morphology, Outer Coastal Plain, Southeastern Virginia written by Robert Q Oaks (Jr). This book was released on 1964. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed geologic mapping subsurface stratigraphic study of post-Miocene sediments east of the Suffolk Scarp and Nansemond River in southeastern Virginia show that older morphostratigraphic concepts are erroneous. Instead of two 'terraces', with one 'terraceformation' of offshore marine origin beneath each, a complex of formations is present, in some cases with three to five formations underlying a single flat area previously designated a 'terrace'. The present study revises earlier work based on inadequate stratigraphic information, and thereby serves as a stratigraphic basis for future Atlantic Coastal Plain studies of post-Miocene sediments east of the Suffolk Scarp.