24d. Topography Summary: CT 1 , 2, 3, 4 



Land form: Peat-mantled flat 



Shelter: Open 



Aspect: Not applicable 



Slope Angle: Not applicable 



Profile : Not applicable 



Surface patterns: Hummocky; many fallen logs and uprooted trees; 



scattered numerous depressions 



Position: Not applicable 



25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



An assemblage of early successional to climax communities 

 occupying a very poorly drained, peat-mantled flat plain along 

 the Alligator River and Swan Creek in the Coastal Plain Province 

 of the Atlantic Plain. 



Geological Formation: 



Pleistocene Pamlico Terrace formation (less than 100,000 yrs. BP) 

 overlying the Miocene Yorktown formation (15-25 my BP) . 



Geological Formation age: 

 See above. 



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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