USGS Coastal Carolina Project 2004 - Hope Plantation

Coastal Carolina Project 2004 - Hope Plantation
Location

Map of North Carolina showing general location of Hope Plantation drill site

The Hope Plantation is in Bertie County,
in the Roanoke River watershed.

The drill site is at 36° 01' 45.33" latitude
and -77° 01' 05.61" longitude.

Below is the location of the Bertie County drill site on a 1:24000 scale topographic map

Below is the location of the Bertie County drill site on a DOQQ

The core drilled at this location reached the Triassic Basin, 1032 to 1094 feet below the land surface. During the Triassic period, 210 million years ago, the Hope Plantation area resembled this modern fault-bounded valley in southern California near the Coyote Mountains in Imperial County, including gravelly sediment infill.

dry sandy/rocky basin with low scrub, high mountains visible in the distance dry sandy/rocky basin with low scrub, high mountains visible in the distance dry sandy/rocky basin with low scrub, high mountains visible in the distance
Fault-bounded valley in Imperial County, California, near the Coyote Mountains
close up of the sand and larger rocks, with a red pockeknife for a size reference Close-up of gravelly sediment infill

Fossils and footprints of Phytosaurs and Aetosaurs have been found in the Durham basin. These Triassic-era dinosaurs probably inhabited this valley during wet spells.

Artists rendition of Triassic wildlife, showing a crocodile coming from the swamp with three smaller dinosaurs fleeing

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For more information regarding the Coastal Carolina Project call the USGS WRD office in Raleigh at (919) 571-4000.

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Last update: Saturday, May 7 2005, 10:52:29 AM
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