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Uranium-Series Age of the Upper Pleistocene Nestor Terrace, San Diego, California
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Marine GeologyEngineeringNestor TerraceGeographyBiochronologyArchaeologyGeologyQuaternary ResearchPleistoceneUranium-series AgeGeochronologyPaleoecologyGsa Bulletin 1974Geologic Time ScaleEarth ScienceSocial SciencesQuaternary PeriodSan Diego
Research Article| November 01, 1974 Uranium-Series Age of the Upper Pleistocene Nestor Terrace, San Diego, California TEH-LUNG KU; TEH-LUNG KU 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar J. PHILIP KERN J. PHILIP KERN 2Department of Geology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92115 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1974) 85 (11): 1713–1716. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1974)85<1713:UAOTUP>2.0.CO;2 Article history first online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation TEH-LUNG KU, J. PHILIP KERN; Uranium-Series Age of the Upper Pleistocene Nestor Terrace, San Diego, California. GSA Bulletin 1974;; 85 (11): 1713–1716. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1974)85<1713:UAOTUP>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 Th230/U234 dating of corals shows that the Nestor Terrace in the San Diego area was formed 120,000 ± 10,000 yr ago. This terrace appears to be correlative with marine terraces at other places on the California coast and with shoreline features formed in many parts of the world during a late Pleistocene eustatic high sea stand. The difference between the original and present elevations of the Nestor Terrace on the west side of Point Loma in San Diego indicates an average rate of uplift, since the terrace formed, of 11 to 14 cm per 1,000 yr. Dating of mollusks from the Nestor Terrace and from a topographically lower terrace has given apparently unreliable results. 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.