24d. Topography Summary: CT 1 



Land form: alluvial floodplain 



Shelter: Sheltered 



Aspect: Not applicable 



Slope Angle : Not applicable 



Profile: Flat 



Surface patterns : Smooth 



Position: Entire floodplain 



CT 2 



stream drainage slopes 

 Sheltered 



All aspects but mainly south 



Gently sloping (2-6 ) 



Constant and convex 



Smooth 



Entire slope 



25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



Climax communities along the slopes and floodplain of the 

 Chapel Swamp drainage, and situated on the Pamlico Terrace of 

 the Coastal Plain province of the Atlantic Plain. 



Geological Formation: 



Marine sediments of the Pamlico Terrace. 



Geological Formation age: 



Pleistocene = 100,000 yrs. B.P. 



to Recent = less than 6000 yrs. 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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