Drowned coastal deposits with associated archaeological remains from a sea-level "slowstand": Northwestern Gulf of Maine, USA

TitleDrowned coastal deposits with associated archaeological remains from a sea-level "slowstand": Northwestern Gulf of Maine, USA
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsKelley, JT, Belknap, DF, Claesson, S
JournalGeology
Volume38
Issue8
Pagination695-698
ISSN0016-8505
Abstract

Drowned terrestrial wetland environments, such as lakes, marshes, and beaches, were thought to be rare in formerly glaciated regions like the Gulf of Maine (United States). In the northwestern Gulf of Maine, postglacial relative sea-level changes include a "slowstand" between 11.5 ka and 7.5 ka, when the ocean rose

DOI10.1130/G31002.1