24d. Topography Summary: CT 1 



Land form: peat -mantled flat 



Shelter: Open 



Aspect: not applicable 



Slope Angle: not applicable 



Profile : Flat 



Surface patterns: Hummocky, many small depressions and 



fallen tree trunks 

 Position: not applicable 



25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



Pyroclimax and successional communities occupying a very 

 poorly drained, peat -mantled flat near the headwaters of the 

 New Lake Fork of the Alligator River in the Coastal Plain 

 province of the Atlantic Plain. 



Geological Formation: 



Recent peats over Pleistocene (Pamlico Terrace) sands and 

 clays over Upper Miocene (Yorktown Formation) fossiliferous 

 sands and clays. 



Geological Formation age: 



Recent - less than 10,000 yrs. BP 

 Pleistocene - 10,000 to 100,000 yrs. BP 

 Upper Miocene - 18-22 million years BP 



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 of America Journal 42: 98-105. 



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