Post-Glacial uplift of northeastern America

Research Article| January 01, 1918 Post-Glacial uplift of northeastern America HERMAN L. FAIRCHILD HERMAN L. FAIRCHILD Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information HERMAN L. FAIRCHILD Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 14 Jan 1918 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online Issn: 1943-2674 Print Issn: 0016-7606 © 1918 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1918) 29 (1): 187–234. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-29-187 Article history Received: 14 Jan 1918 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 HERMAN L. FAIRCHILD; Post-Glacial uplift of northeastern America. GSA Bulletin 1918;; 29 (1): 187–234. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-29-187 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 IntroductionFor over half a century the certainty of some post-Glacial submergence of northeastern America has been recognized, yet the maximum submergence or, conversely, the height of the subsequent uplift and the limits of the affected area have not been determined. In recent years there has been a tendency to minimize the diastrophic movement and even to deny its occurrence along the south border of the glaciated territory; but Professor Shaler believed that Marthas Vineyard had been submerged 300 feet and Mount Desert 1,300 feet, and several eminent geologists have found abundant and positive proof of Pleistocene submergence of the lower Hudson Valley and New Jersey (see number 84 of the bibliographic list, page 288). The radical difference of opinion on a subject open to direct observation is a problem in psychology.Canadian geologists have recorded many localities of marine fossils at high altitudes in the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa valleys . . . 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.