. Maryland geological survey . aces (Plate VIII and Plate IX,Fig. 1). There are a large number of localities where this topographicfeature may be seen, particularly throughout Calvert and St. Maryscounties. Perhaps four of the best and most accessible localities arelocated at Ridge in southern St. Marys county not far from PointLookout; at the turn of the road a mile and a half south of Frazier nearthe 80-foot contour in Calvert county; in the region to the north ofMaryland Point in Charles county; and along the Principio road 1£miles northeast of Perryville, Cecil county. Where the Wicomico t
. Maryland geological survey . aces (Plate VIII and Plate IX,Fig. 1). There are a large number of localities where this topographicfeature may be seen, particularly throughout Calvert and St. Maryscounties. Perhaps four of the best and most accessible localities arelocated at Ridge in southern St. Marys county not far from PointLookout; at the turn of the road a mile and a half south of Frazier nearthe 80-foot contour in Calvert county; in the region to the north ofMaryland Point in Charles county; and along the Principio road 1£miles northeast of Perryville, Cecil county. Where the Wicomico terraceapproaches drainage ways, it loses its typical plain character and ismodified by erosion into a rolling country, but back in the interior wherestreams have not yet encroached, the surface is typically a plain. Inthis particular it again resembles the Lafayette and Sunderland the whole it has suffered less from erosion than those which lie above MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE, PLATE Fig. i.—view showing scarp cut by recent waves against miocene and sunderlanddeposits, cove point, calvert county.
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