Sea-Level Movements and the Geologic Histories of the Post-Glacial Marine Soils at Boston, Nicolet, Ottawa and Oslo

Synopsis The Paper is divided into two separate parts; the first part deals with eustatic sea-level movements which have occurred during the past 20,000 years, and the second part concerns the geologic history of marine soil deposits at Boston, Nicolet, Ottawa, and Oslo. Eustatic sea-level movements are determined by synthesizing direct and indirect evidence concerning sea-level movements. Direct evidence consists of the ages and elevations of marine fossils and other materials, and elevations and ages of deposition and erosion surfaces which were controlled by sea-level movements. Indirect evidence consists of the dates of climate and temperature changes and the dates of major activity of the continental glaciers. From these data a provisional sea-level movement curve has been drawn for the period extending over the past 20,000 years. Geologic histories of marine soil deposits are dependent on, among other things, sea-level and local crustal movements. For each of the above mentioned sites, time curves o...

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