LATE WISCONSINAN SEA LEVELS ON THE SOUTHEAST UNITED-STATES ATLANTIC SHELF BASED ON IN-PLACE SHORELINE INDICATORS

被引:26
作者
BLACKWELDER, BW
PILKEY, OH
HOWARD, JD
机构
[1] DUKE UNIV,DEPT GEOL,DURHAM,NC 27708
[2] SKIDAWAY INST OCEANOG,SAVANNAH,GA 31406
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D O I
10.1126/science.204.4393.618
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A new interpretation of late Pleistocene sea levels on the U.S. Atlantic continental shelf is based on in-place lagoonal and salt-marsh sediments obtained from vibra-cores. These data show sea levels during the last Wisconsinan transgression were about 30 meters shallower than is indicated by existing sea-level curves. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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页码:618 / 620
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