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Research Article| February 01, 1978 Relict oysters on the United States Atlantic continental shelf: A reconsideration of their usefulness in understanding late Quaternary sea-level history IAN G. MACINTYRE; IAN G. MACINTYRE 1Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ORRIN H. PILKEY; ORRIN H. PILKEY 2Department of Geology and Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ROBERT STUCKENRATH ROBERT STUCKENRATH 3Radiation Biology Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information IAN G. MACINTYRE 1Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 ORRIN H. PILKEY 2Department of Geology and Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706 ROBERT STUCKENRATH 3Radiation Biology Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1978) 89 (2): 277–282. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1978)89<277:ROOTUS>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation IAN G. MACINTYRE, ORRIN H. PILKEY, ROBERT STUCKENRATH; Relict oysters on the United States Atlantic continental shelf: A reconsideration of their usefulness in understanding late Quaternary sea-level history. GSA Bulletin 1978;; 89 (2): 277–282. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1978)89<277:ROOTUS>2.0.CO;2 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 Relict oyster shells are thought to be unreliable references for reconstructing sea-level history owing to interrelationships between their age and present depth of occurrence off North Carolina. Radiocarbon dates were obtained from 44 relict oyster shells of Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) collected within a relatively narrow area of the continental shelf from north of Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear (less than 40,000 km2) in depths to 60 m. Data indicate significant postdepositional and landward transport of these shells, calling into question some previous interpretations of sea-level history that were based partly on the dating of relict oyster shells and other unreliable relict shoreline deposits. 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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