A Late Pleistocene Marine Shell Deposit at Shippegan, New Brunswick
- 1 August 1973
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
- Vol. 10 (8) , 1329-1332
- https://doi.org/10.1139/e73-116
Abstract
Twenty species of marine invertebrate shells from a gravelly sand deposit close to the present shore at Shippegan, New Brunswick, were identified and shown to be typical of a shallow-water association formed soon after glacial retreat. One specimen yielded a radiocarbon date of 12 600 ± 400 yr. This evidence strengthens previous conclusions on the date of Pleistocene deglaciation and on postglacial sea-level changes in this area.Keywords
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