Glacial History of Cape Cod, Nantucket, & Martha’s Vineyard

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Extent of Laurentide Glaciation

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After Gutierrez et al., 2003

http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/student/martin1/laurentide.html

Landforms and Features

Kettle Topography

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After Balco et al., 2002

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Doane Rock, Eastham, MA

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Bothner, M.H, Spiker, E.C., 1980: Upper Wisconsinan Till Recovered on the Continental Shelf Southeast of New England. Science , New Series, Vol. 210, No. 4468, pp. 423-425.

Gutierrez, B.T., D.G., Aubrey, N.W. Driscoll, E. Uchupi, 2002: Relative sea-level rise and the development of valley-fill and shallow-water sequences in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. International Journal of Marine Geology, Geochemistry, and Geophysics, v. 193, p. 295-314.

Knebel, H.J., J.H., List, R.R., Rendings, R.P. Signell, 1996: Seafloor environments in Cape Cod Bay, a large coastal embayment. Marine Geology, v. 133, issues 1-2, p. 11-33.

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Oldale, R.N., 1980: Glacial Stratigraphy of Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1175.

Uchupi, E., S.T. Bolmer, 2008: Geologic Evolution of the Gulf of Maine region. Earth Science Reviews, v. 91, p. 28-72.

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