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Science 11 November 1960:
Vol. 132. no. 3437, pp. 1397 - 1398
DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3437.1397
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Discovery of Eocene Sediments in Subsurface of Cape Cod

J. M. Zeigler 1, W. S. Hoffmeister 1, Graham Giese 1, and Herman Tasha 1

1 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Spores, pollen, and charcoal taken from two wells drilled near the tip of Cape Cod have been identified as Eocene. These are the first Eocene rocks to be identified in Massachusetts. Interpretation of seismic records taken in the Gulf of Maine and Cape Cod Bay will be influenced by this discovery.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Preliminary Results of Recent Deep Drilling on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
C. Koteff, C. Koteff, and J. E. Cotton (1962)
Science 137, 34
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