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

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1 Glacial History of Cape Cod, Nantucket, & Martha’s Vineyard
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2 Extent of Laurentide Glaciation
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3 After Gutierrez et al., 2003

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5 Landforms and Features

6 Kettle Topography Image source (top): Image source (bottom):

7 Image source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/capecod/glacial.html

8 After Balco et al., 2002

9 Doane Rock, Eastham, MA Image source:

10 References Cited Balco, G., J.O.H Stone, S.C. Porter, and M.W. Caffee, 2002: Cosmogenic-nuclide ages for New England coastal moraines, Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews 21, 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 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 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 Mulligan, A.E., 2004: Wisconsinan Glacial Sediments in the Subsurface of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, v. 26, pp 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 Uchupi, E., Mulligan, A.E, 2006: Late Pleistocene stratigraphy of upper Cape Cod and Nantucket, Massachusetts. Marine Geology, v. 227, pp Zeigler, J.M., H.J., Tasha, G.S. Giese, S.D., Tuttle, 1964: Pleistocene Geology of Outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 75, 1 pl.


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