24d. Topography Summary: CT 2 



Landform: freshwater lake margin 



Shelter: open 



Aspect : n/a 



Slope Angle : n/a 



Profile : Flat 



Surface patterns: smooth, quartz sands under 1-18 inches of water 



Position: n/a 



25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



Mature climax plant communities in freshwater marshes and lake- 

 shore swamp forest along the margin of Lake Phelps, on the Pamlico 

 Terrace , in the embayed section of the coastal plain province of 

 the Atlantic Plain. 



Geological Formation: 



Pamlico Terrace underlain by fossiliferous marls and clays of 

 the Yorktown Formation. 



Geological Formation age: 



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



References Cited: 



Daniels, R. B. , E. E. Gamble, and W. H. Wheeler. 1978. Age 

 of Soil Landscapes in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Soil 

 Science Society of America Journal 42: 98-105. 



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