The DeGeer stack
Rubin PA. 2002. The DeGeer stack
'A lone sea stack on the northern flank of Champlain Moutnain stands as a sentinel to the highest, newly recognized, post glacial marine limit in Miane: the 'DeGeer Stack'. This emerged sea stack and a nearby chasm on Mount Desert Island (MDI) provide evidence for a maximum highstand (i.e high sea level stand) on MDI and in the state of Maine. Sea stacks are isolated rock pinnacles sculpted by wave erosion near a bedrock shoreline... Classic examples on MDI include the sea stack in Monument Cove, a large sea stack in a pocket boulder beach imeadiately northeast of Thunder Hole, and the new emerged Pulpit or Chimney Rock on Day Mountain.' The document continues giving specific measurements of the DeGeer Stack, and an examination of geological history of the development of the stack and its importance to geological knowledge base. Directions on how to locate the stack are provided. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/CHAMPLAIN MOUNTAIN/Bear Brook Pond/
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Rubin, Paul
- Date of Issue
- 2002-06-18
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Bear Brook Pond, Champlain Mountain, Coastal Dynamics, Erosion, Formations (Geologic), Geomorphology, Glaciation, Glaciers, Mount Desert Island, Ocean, Rocks, Sea Level, sea stacks