Coastal Plain Sediments

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Strata of nonmarine sediments are pictured just across the state line in Phenix City, Alabama. Alternating layers of marine and nonmarine rock formations in the Coastal Plain reveal that long-term fluctuations in sea level occurred in Georgia throughout the Late Cretaceous period.

Photograph by Pamela J. W. Gore

Coastal Plain Sediments

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