South Atlantic Water Science Center
South Atlantic Water Science Center
Full Title
Stratigraphic Coring
Location
Bertie, Bladen, Columbus, and Craven counties
Cooperating Agencies
USGS Eastern Region
Project Chief
Beth Wrege
Period of Project
2001-2008
Team Members
Rob Weems (Geologic Discipline)
Jean Self-Trail (Geologic Discipline)
Melinda Chapman (Water Resources Discipline)
WWW Resources
This project was completed in 2008. These pages are for historical purposes only.
Drill rig at the 2004 Hope Plantation drill site
A current area of interest for the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping (NCGM) Program is coastal North Carolina (for more information, please see FEDMAP and the NCGM 2006-2010 Program Plan). One of the NCGM Program goals is the construction of digital maps and the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to explore and evaluate geospatial links between human health and geology, hydrology, and biology. Part of reaching this goal is improving the understanding of the geologic framework for ground-water resource assessments; to that end coreholes currently are being drilled in the northeastern part of North Carolina.