SREL Reprint #2191

When is a depression wetland a Carolina bay?

Robert F. Lide

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802

Summary: The purpose of this research note is: (1) to illustrate that, despite a seemingly precise definition, the term "Carolina bay" often is loosely applied in the scientific literature and (2) to argue that the term should be limited to geomorphic features that have a more or less elliptical, ovate, or circular outline.

SREL Reprint #2191

Lide, R.F. 1997. When is a depression wetland a Carolina bay? Southeastern Geographer 37:90-98.

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