There are three Triassic basins in North Carolina: the Dan River basin, the Davie County basin, and the Deep River basin. Of these, the Deep River basin is by far the largest, and includes portions of 11 counties (Anson, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Richmond, Union, and Wake).

Crocodile-like animals called phytosaurs, early dinosaur ancestors, and primitive mammals roamed the land of the Triassic basin; fish, clams and various crustaceans lived in the lakes and rivers; insects crawled on the ground and flew through the …

The Pekin Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian) geological formation in North Carolina. The Pekin Formation is specific to the Sanford Sub-Basin of the Deep River Basin of North Carolina, although it may be equivalent to the Stockton Formation of …

Expansive soils can occur in almost any location in the Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain of North Carolina. The greatest potential, however, is in the Carolina terrane and the Triassic basins (see map below).

This report presents an interpretation of the hydrocarbon source rock potential of the Triassic sedimentary rocks of the Deep River and Dan River basins, North Carolina, based on previously unpublished organic geochemistry data.

Wadesboro basin extends almost across North Carolina, was filled with continental clastics in Late Triassic, and is the southernmost exposed of this series formed from Late Trias-sic to Early Jurassic in tectonically negative areas. The East Coast Triassic basins are mostly half grabens

The Sanford Formation is a Late Triassic (Norian)-age geologic formation in North Carolina. It is mainly found in the Sanford sub-basin of the Deep River Basin, the southernmost of the large Mesozoic basins forming the Newark Supergroup.

Sep 11, 2015 · What was life like in North Carolina during the Triassic? That's the time period between 252 and 199 million years ago, book-ended by two great mass extinctions (Permo-Triassic ~ 250ma ,...

The Eno, Flat and Little Rivers then converge to form the Neuse River (now impounded by Falls Dam) in a portion of the North Carolina Piedmont geologically known as the Triassic basin.

By the Triassic, North Carolina had a terrestrial environment where the local bodies of freshwater were inhabited by invertebrates and fishes while conifers and cycads grew on land. Dinosaurs and other kinds of prehistoric reptiles lived in the area.