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  • Usage in publication:
    • Canepatch Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sand
    • Clay
    • Silt
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

DuBar, J.R., Johnson, H.S., Jr., Thom, Bruce, and Hatchell, W.O., 1974, Neogene stratigraphy and morphology, south flank of the Cape Fear arch, North and South Carolina, IN Oaks, R.W., Jr., and DuBar, J.R., eds., Post-Miocene stratigraphy, central and southern Atlantic Coastal Plain: Utah State University Press, p. 139-173.


Summary:

Pg. 151 (fig. 4), 164-166. Canepatch Formation. Primarily sand, clay, silt, and peat. Thickness up to 75 feet; averages 30 feet. Includes parts of Pamlico and Talbot as mapped by Cooke (1936) and Doering (1960). Unconformably overlies the Bear Bluff or Waccamaw Formation; unconformably underlies the Socastee Formation. Forms surface of Jaluco-Cainhoy and Conway barrier systems. Interpreted to represent a marginal marine environment. Fossils listed. Age is middle Pleistocene.
Type section: loc. WA-20, south bank of Intracoastal Waterway near Canepatch Swamp, 6.5 mi (10.4 km) northeast of Myrtle Beach, Horry Co., northeastern SC. Extends into NC.

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1520, p. 49).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Canepatch Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Soller, D.R., and Mills, H.H., 1991, Surficial geology and geomorphology, IN Horton, J.W., Jr., and Zullo, V.A., eds., The geology of the Carolinas: Carolina Geological Society, 50th Anniversary Volume, p. 290-308.


Summary:

Middle Pleistocene Canepatch Formation lies seaward of the Penholoway Formation. It is restricted in outcrop to central and southern SC. Unit has been extensively eroded. In NC and northern SC, the Canepatch is restricted to the subsurface. The Socastee Formation lies seaward of the Canepatch. Outcrops of the Canepatch are referred to as Q4 or Talbot Formation by McCartan and others (1984) and Colquhoun (1986).

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


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