24d. Topography Summary: CT 1 



Land form: Palustrine swamp forest 



Shelter: open 



Aspect : n/a 



Slope Angle : n/a 



Profile: Flat 



Surface patterns: Hummocky; many logs and stumps, shallow depressions 



Position: n/a 



25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



A climax community occupying a very poorly drained, peat- 

 mantled drainage corridor which drains into Swan Creek and 

 eventually into the Alligator River in the Coastal Plain Pro- 

 vince of the Atlantic Plain. 



Geological Formation: 



Surficial peat deposits overlying Pleistocene (Pamlico 

 Terrace formation) sediments. 



Geological Formation age: 



Recent (less than 10,000 BP) - peat sediments 



Pleistocene (less than 100,000 yrs. BP) - sands and clays of 



Pamlico Terrace 



References Cited: 



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

 Age of Soil Landscapes in the Coastal Plain of N.C. Soil 

 Science Soc. of Am. Journal 42: 98-105. 



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