. Maryland geological survey . ginia. Beyond this point it has not been studied carefully,but from facts which have been gathered it appears to extend far to thesouthward. In the Coastal Plain of Maryland it has a greater arealdevelopment than either the Lafayette or Sunderland. It has been lessdissected by erosion and, therefore, shows the plain terrace character ofits surface far better than either of the other two formations. Its great-est development is on the Eastern Shore (Plate I) where it forms thewater shed down the center of the region and extends as far south asWest in Worcester cou
. Maryland geological survey . ginia. Beyond this point it has not been studied carefully,but from facts which have been gathered it appears to extend far to thesouthward. In the Coastal Plain of Maryland it has a greater arealdevelopment than either the Lafayette or Sunderland. It has been lessdissected by erosion and, therefore, shows the plain terrace character ofits surface far better than either of the other two formations. Its great-est development is on the Eastern Shore (Plate I) where it forms thewater shed down the center of the region and extends as far south asWest in Worcester county. On the Western Shore its development is notso continuous. It forms a border beneath the Sunderland on Elk Neckas well as along the western side of Northeast river. South of here itis developed in irregular outliers and in southern Maryland it forms afringe about the Sunderland deposit and veneers the bottom of ancientstream valleys which formerly drained it. MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE. PLATE Fig. I.—VIEW SHOWING TALBOT-WICOMICO SCARP, TALBOT surface IN FOREGROUND, ONEMILE EAST OF SANDY BOTTOM, KENT COUNTY.
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