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Science 24 March 1967:
Vol. 155. no. 3769, pp. 1541 - 1543
DOI: 10.1126/science.155.3769.1541
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Pleistocene Shoreline Sediments in Coastal Georgia: Deposition and Modification

John H. Hoyt 1 and John R. Hails 2

1 Marine Institute and Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Sapelo Island
2 Department of Geology and Geography, University of London, Goldsmiths' College, New Cross, England

New evidence invalidates the former concept that Pleistocene shorelines are "terrace" cut and fill structures. Comparison of Pleistocene and Holocene sediments with morpholo gy of the shoreline indicates that Pleisto cene deposits accumulated in barrier island environments and that the "ter races" are former lagoon-salt marshes. Stratigraphic evidence supports six ma jor Pleistocene shorelines below an elevation of 100 feet (30 meters).


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