Chandler Bridge Creek

Coordinates: 32°57′43″N 80°08′58″W / 32.96193°N 80.14940°W / 32.96193; -80.14940
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Chandler Bridge Creek is a stream in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.[1] It is a tributary of Eagle Creek, which flows into the Ashley River. The late Oligocene (Chattian) Chandler Bridge Formation, which has yielded archaic mysticetes and odontocetes, sirenians, sea birds, and turtles is named after Chandler Bridge Creek.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chandler Bridge Creek
  2. ^ Sanders, A. E., Weems, R. E., & Lemon, E. M. Jr. (1982). "The Chandler Bridge Formation: a new Oligocene stratigraphic unit in the lower Coastal Plain of South Carolina". Contributions to Stratigraphy. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1529-H. pp. 105–124.

32°57′43″N 80°08′58″W / 32.96193°N 80.14940°W / 32.96193; -80.14940