Stephen M. Herrick
H.G. Richards
D.J. Colquhoun
1968
<p><span>Both megafossils and </span>fossil<span> Foraminifera have been obtained from unconsolidated sediments of the </span>Wicomico<span> </span>Formation<span>, which underlies the Penholoway terrace, </span>a<span> coastal feature that formed when the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean stood about 70 feet higher than at present. Some of the fossils are Tertiary species and are assumed to have been derived from rocks of that age; the others are species commonly found </span>in<span> near-shore deposits of Quaternary age as well as </span>in<span> present-day </span>south<span>-Atlantic coastal waters. The Penholoway terrace </span>in<span> this area is shown to have been formed during </span>a<span> pause </span>in<span> marine regression from the </span>Wicomico<span> stand, when the sea stood near 100 feet. The relation of the </span>Wicomico<span> and Penholoway terraces to other coastal terraces suggests </span>a<span> Yarmouth age for the </span>fossil<span>-yielding beds. </span></p>
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10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[1211:AFAFTW]2.0.CO;2
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Geological Society of America
A fossil assemblage from the wicomico formation in Berkeley County, South Carolina
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