24d. Topography Summary: 



Land form: upland palustrine swamp 



Shelter: Sheltered 



Aspect : N/A 



Slope Angle: N/A 



Profile : Flat 



Surface patterns: Hummocky, peat surface 



Position: N/A 



25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



A climax community which occupies a relict backbarrier flat 

 dominated by organic (peat) soils which now drains into Kendrick 

 Creek, situated on the Pamlico Terrace of the Coastal Plain 

 province of the Atlantic Plain. 



Geological Formation: 



Marine sediments of the Pamlico Terrace underlain by sandy 

 clays and marls of the Yorktown Formation. 



Geological Formation age: 



Pleistocene Pamlico Terrace = 100,000 years B.P. 

 Miocene Yorktown Formation = 18-25 million years B.P, 



References Cited: 



Ingram, R. L. and L. J. Otte. 1982. Peat Deposits of 

 Pamlimarle Peninsula, North Carolina. U.S. Department of 

 Energy Contract DE-AC18-79FC14693. 36 pp. 



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