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Research Article| December 01, 1919 Post-Glacial uplift of southern New England 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: 24 May 1919 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online Issn: 1943-2674 Print Issn: 0016-7606 © 1919 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1919) 30 (4): 597–636. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-30-597 Article history Received: 24 May 1919 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 southern New England. GSA Bulletin 1919;; 30 (4): 597–636. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-30-597 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 IntroductionIn the early days of earth science in America, about the middle of the last. century, the fact of recent oceanic submergence of northeastern America was recognized. The literature of the time, in particular the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, record many observations and opinions of the geologists of the day. E. Desor and H. D. Rogers were prominent, and the facts indicating submergence were used by Rogers to support the diluvial theory of the drift. Two quotations are pertinent.“Rogers replied that he considered these remains evidence of the former existence of an extensive strait which cut off New England from the main continent” (volume 3, page 116).“Mr. Desor had thus been led to the opinion that the sea had once filled the Saint Lawrence, Lake Ontario, and Lake Champlain” (volume 3, page 358).The low attitude of New England at the close of the . . . 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.
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