Age relations between soils and geology in the coastal plain of Maryland and Virginia
By: by H.W. Markewich ... [et al.].
Contributors: Markewich, Helaine W.; United States. Soil Conservation Service
Series: Pedologic studies in the eastern United States, relations to geology -- ch. A; U.S. Geological Survey bulletin -- 1589-A
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Soils -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- Age; Soils -- Virginia -- Rappahannock River Region -- Age; Soil formation -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); Soil formation -- Rappahannock River; Geology -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); Geology -- Virginia -- Rappahannock River Region; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Holocene.
Description: Soils developed from dated parent material ranging in age from 30,000 to about 1.0? million years have been characterized from field descriptions and laboratory analyses; age-related trends are documented from field and laboratory data.
Notes: "Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service."

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