Pleistocene Geology of Outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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Research Article| August 01, 1964 Pleistocene Geology of Outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts JOHN M ZEIGLER; JOHN M ZEIGLER Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar SHERWOOD D TUTTLE; SHERWOOD D TUTTLE State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar HERMAN J TASHA; HERMAN J TASHA Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GRAHAM S GIESE GRAHAM S GIESE Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R. I Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1964) 75 (8): 705–714. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1964)75[705:PGOOCC]2.0.CO;2 Article history received: 09 Sep 1963 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation JOHN M ZEIGLER, SHERWOOD D TUTTLE, HERMAN J TASHA, GRAHAM S GIESE; Pleistocene Geology of Outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts. GSA Bulletin 1964;; 75 (8): 705–714. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1964)75[705:PGOOCC]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Glacial deposits of Outer Cape Cod are mainly of stratified drift occurring in three units: sand and gravel at the top, a silt-clay layer in the middle, and more sand and gravel at the bottom. These deposits contain shells and other marine materials picked up by the glacial ice as it moved across the Gulf of Maine and Cape Cod Bay. A C14 date for shells collected above the silt-clay was 20,700 ± 2000 years old, for those collected below the silt-clay, 26,900 ± 700 years old. It is proposed that the glacial material of Outer Cape Cod is entirely Wisconsin in age and that the silt-clay sediments represent a slight period of warming. All the stratified drift was presumably deposited subaerially or in temporary shallow pools formed on the local drift surface. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.