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Record Nr.

UNINA9910706966003321

Autore

Owens James Patrick <1924->

Titolo

Upper Cenozoic deposits of the central Delmarva Peninsula, Maryland and Delaware / / by James P. Owens and Charles S. Denny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1979

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, A28 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1067-A

Surface and shallow subsurface geologic studies in the emerged coastal plain of the Middle Atlantic States

Soggetti

Geology, Stratigraphic - Cenozoic

Geology - Delmarva Peninsula

Geology - Maryland

Geology - Delaware

Cenozoic Geologic Period

Geology

Geology, Stratigraphic

United States Delmarva Peninsula

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Upper Tertiary deltaic and shallow-water marine deposits form the backbone of the peninsula. The oldest marine deposits of Pleistocene age reach a maximum altitude of 15 meters (50 feet) and have been dated radiometrically at about 100,000 years."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages A27-A28).