. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. 294 GUILCHER [chap. 13 Peterson, 1950). In sections parallel to the coast, the depth of the basement is not regular: it decreases greatly on the "Carolina ridge" (south of North Carolina), and increases again farther south; however, the seaward thickening of the strata is a general feature of the coastal plain. In the su])nierged ])art, the structure is the same, since Cretaceous, Eocene, ^Miocene and Pliocene have been found in the canyons encroaching on the shelf edge in the Georges Bank region (Stetson, 1949).
. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. 294 GUILCHER [chap. 13 Peterson, 1950). In sections parallel to the coast, the depth of the basement is not regular: it decreases greatly on the "Carolina ridge" (south of North Carolina), and increases again farther south; however, the seaward thickening of the strata is a general feature of the coastal plain. In the su])nierged ])art, the structure is the same, since Cretaceous, Eocene, ^Miocene and Pliocene have been found in the canyons encroaching on the shelf edge in the Georges Bank region (Stetson, 1949). The benches breaking the general declivity of the NW Long Islond section 0 P?3=^^^ Sec level SE C 10,000- 20,000 .Woter Unconsolidated t-:-:-:'j sediment Semiconsolidated sediment 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Nautical miles ^ Consolidoted sediment NW Halifax section. V'H>^ Crystalline basement i'^V/V, Sub-basement Newfoundland l\^ory NNE Nautical miles (c) Grand Bonks Sea level SSW. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hill, M. N. (Maurice Neville), 1919-. New York : Interscience Pub.
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