found: Work cat.: Glaser, J.D. Coastal plain geology of southern Maryland, 1968.
found: Voigt, B.G. Glossary of coastal terminology, 1998(Coastal plain: The plain composed of horizontal or gently sloping strata of clastic material fronting the coast and generally representing a strip of recently emerged sea bottom that has emerged from the sea in recent geologic times. Also formed by aggradation)
found: Geomorphology and sedimentology of estuaries, 1995:p. 50 (Coastal plains are the surfaces of unconsolidated sedimentary deposits at the margins of the continents. These units can either be fluvial ones formed of sediment delivered from the highlands or marine strata formed by deposition during transgressions)
found: Wikipedia, June 15, 2009(Coastal plain -- A coastal plain is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features)
found: MSN Encarta, June 15, 2009(Coastal plain -- any flat, low-lying geographical region near the sea. ... Geologically, the coastal plain is an extension of the submerged continental shelf)
