Emerged sea caves and coastal features as evidence of glacio-isostatic rebound, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Rubin PA. 1991. Emerged sea caves and coastal features as evidence of glacio-isostatic rebound, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Pages 75-83. In Kastning EH and Kastning KM (ed): Appalachian Karst Symposium. Radford, Virginia. March 23-26, 1991. National Speleological Society, Inc.. Huntsville, Alabama
Describes the formation of sea-caves well above the present sea level on Mount Desert Island and assesses if these caves developed at a former sea level were in fact sea caves. A revised postglacial rebound figure is presented for Mount Desert Island. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Gorham Mountain/Champlain Mountain/Day Mountain/Pulpit Rock/Anemone Cave/Great Head Cave/Stag Cave/Cadillac Cliffs Sea Cave/Champlain Mountain Sea Cave/Day Mountain Cave/
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- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Rubin, Paul
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Anemone Cave, Beaches, Cadillac Cliffs Sea Cave, Caves, Champlain Mountain, Champlain Mountain Sea Cave, Day Mountain, Day Mountain Cave, Geology, Gorham Mountain, Great Head Cave, Mount Desert Island, Pulpit Rock, Sea Level, Stag Cave