Upper Wisconsinan Till Recovered on the Continental Shelf Southeast of New England

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Bothner, Michael H., Spiker, Elliott C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1980
• Subjects: Nantucket; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.210.4468.423; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.210.4468.423

Basal till was identified in two sediment cores collected about 69 kilometers southeast of Nantucket Island on the east and west sides of Great South Channel. These are the first samples of till collected on the outer continental shelf off the northeastern United States. The carbon-14 age of the tot...