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Aspect.: Relict cunes and Carolina :;ays generally run in a 

 northwest direction. In the southeast section of :;he 

 area, the dunes run in a northeast direction. 



Slope angle: Nearly level 0-2 "o gently sloping 2-6 . 



Profile: Dune ridges are convex, Carolina bays are ccncave. 



Surface patterns: Swell and swale 



Position: Mot applicable 



Physiographic site type of natural area: A:lanric ;uter 

 coastal plain. Pleistocene estuarine barrier. 



Physiographic site type of con-unity cover type or connuniry Tyre: 

 Relict beach ridges and swales. 



Geologic formation: Relict beach ridges ana sv.'ales, Carolina Bays. 



Geologic formation age: Pleistocene. Recent narine quartz 

 sands of a pleistocene barrier "Atlantic Barrier". 



References: R.B. Mixon & O.H. Pilkey. 197c. Reconnaissance 



Geology of the Submerged and Emerged Coastal Plain Province , 

 Cape Lookout Area, N.C. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper S59. 

 U.S. Govt Printing Office. V/ashington, D.C. 



"Atlantic Sand (Pleistocene). Quartz sand, well-sorted; in 



northeast and central parts of ouucrop area, forr.s norz.nwesT- 

 trending beach ridges, average surface elevation is IC to 15 

 feet, ranging upv;ard to 20 feet. Soutnwest part of ou'crcp 

 area is characterized by lower relief and arcua-e, northeas:- 

 trending sand ridges; arcs are convex northv.'esf.<-ard. Slii:hiiy 

 to strortgly elliptical northwest-oriented depressions, sor.e 

 with well-developed sand rims and organic fill, trunca:e beam 

 and dune-ridge topography" (Mixon i Pilkey, 1975, plate 1 . 



