25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



Relict xerophytic forest communities on highest ridge of the 

 Gates County Sand Banks, a part of the Chowan Sand Ridge, in the 

 Chowan Embayment in the Embayed Section of the Coastal Plain 

 Province of the Atlantic Plain. 



Geological formation: Unnamed estuarine/f luvial sand deposits. 



Geological formation age: Early Sangamon — highest ridges; 

 mid to late Sangamon for progressively lower ridges. 



References cited: Oaks, R. Q., Jr. and J. R. DuBar. 1974. 

 Post-Miocene shorelines and sea levels, southeastern Virginia. 

 In: R. Q. Oaks, Jr. and J. R. DuBar, eds. Post-Miocene stratigraphy, 

 centiPal and southern Atlantic Coastal Plain. Logan, Utah: Utah 

 State University Press. 275 p. 



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