Evidence for a postglacial low relative sea-level stand in the drowned delta of the Merrimack River, Western Gulf of Maine |
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Authors: | R N Oldale L E Wommack A B Whitney |
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Institution: | U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USA;61 Canner St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511 USA;EG&G, 300 Bear Hill Rd., Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 USA |
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Abstract: | A submerged delta of the Merrimack River, located offshore between Cape Ann, Massachusetts, and the New Hampshire border, indicates a postglacial low relative see-level stand of about −47 m. The low stand is inferred to date to 10,500 yr B.P., but a lack of age control makes this assignment uncertain. A curve based on a late Wisconsinan, high relative sea-level stand of +32m at 13,000 yr B.P., a low stand of −47m at 10,500 yr B.P., and younger radiocarbon dates related to sea-level rise indicates an early postglacial crustal rise of at least 5 m per century. |
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