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Geologic Unit: Daniel Island
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Daniel Island beds*
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sand
    • Clay
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Weems, R.E., and Lemon, E.M., Jr., 1996, Geology of the Clubhouse Crossroads and Osborn quadrangles, Charleston and Dorchester Counties, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-2491, 7 p., scale 1:24,000


Summary:

Informally named the Daniel Island beds in the Charleston, SC area. Consists of dark-bluish-gray to dark-gray, dense, silty to sandy clay interbedded with layers of fine- to medium-grained clayey sand and dark-brownish-gray peat. Thickness is 2 meters. Basal contact marked by layer of black phosphate pebbles. Unconformably overlies the Goose Creek Limestone and unconformably underlies the Penholoway Formation. The Daniel Island beds are of early Pleistocene age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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