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The Beaverdam Formation is an upper Pliocene geologic formation on the Delmarva Peninsula in southern Delaware and eastern Maryland. It is the largest major surficial layer on the Delmarva Peninsula and has a lower stream-deposited unit and an upper estuarine unit. These units may represent a cycle of regression and transgression. The Beaverdam Formation is heterogeneous and ranges from very coarse sand with pebbles to silty clay. It unconformably overlies the or St. Mary's formations and it is up to 75-100 feet thick.

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  • Beaverdam Formation (Delmarva) (en)
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  • The Beaverdam Formation is an upper Pliocene geologic formation on the Delmarva Peninsula in southern Delaware and eastern Maryland. It is the largest major surficial layer on the Delmarva Peninsula and has a lower stream-deposited unit and an upper estuarine unit. These units may represent a cycle of regression and transgression. The Beaverdam Formation is heterogeneous and ranges from very coarse sand with pebbles to silty clay. It unconformably overlies the or St. Mary's formations and it is up to 75-100 feet thick. (en)
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  • Beaverdam Formation (en)
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  • late Pliocene, ~ (en)
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  • Map of Pliocene and Quaternary deposits of Delaware. (en)
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  • The Beaverdam Formation is an upper Pliocene geologic formation on the Delmarva Peninsula in southern Delaware and eastern Maryland. It is the largest major surficial layer on the Delmarva Peninsula and has a lower stream-deposited unit and an upper estuarine unit. These units may represent a cycle of regression and transgression. The Beaverdam Formation is heterogeneous and ranges from very coarse sand with pebbles to silty clay. It unconformably overlies the or St. Mary's formations and it is up to 75-100 feet thick. The extent of the Beaverdam Formation is recognized from Delmar to the west and to Milford and Georgetown to the northeast. (en)
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