25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



Mid-successional to near-climax communities on 

 mineral and peat -dominated landscape on the Pamlico 

 Terrace in the Coastal Plain Province of the Atlantic 

 Plain. 



Geological Formation : 



Pleistocene Pamlico Terrace formation over the 

 Upper Miocene Yorktown Formation. 



Geological Formation age : 



Pleistocene Pamlico Terrace: less than 100,000 yrs. BP 

 Upper Miocene Yorktown Formation: 18-22 million yrs. 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 Soc. of Am. Journal 42: 98-105. 



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