25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



Complex mosaic of serai and mature plant communities on islands, 

 and in marshes and swamp forests on the Chowan Swamp Peat, within 

 the Chowan Embayment in the Embayed Section of the Coastal Plain 

 Province of the Atlantic Plain. 



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Geological formation: 



Recent peat (5,000 years BP to present) over late Sangamon fluvial 

 and estuarine deposits. Unnamed formations, corresponding at least 

 in part to the ages of the Norfolk, Sand Bridge and Londonbridge 

 Formations to the east of the Suffolk Scarp. 



Geological formation age: See above. 



References cited: 



Kaplan, C. J. et al. 1978. The Chowan Swamp Environmental Center. 

 A development feasibility study. Raleigh: NC State 

 University Schools of Forest Resources and Design. 197 p. 



Oaks, R. Q., Jr. and J. R. DuBar. 1974. Post-Miocene shorelines and 

 sea levels, southeastern Virginia. In: R. 0. Oaks, Jr. and 

 J. R. DuBar, eds. Post-Miocene stratigraphy, central and 

 southern Atlantic Coastal Plain. Utah State University 

 Press. 275 p. 





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