The continental margin of the eastern United States

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Drake, Charles L., Ewing, John I., Stockard, Henry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1968
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e68-097; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e68-097

Geophysical and geological data of many types are now available from the continental margin of the eastern United States. These include seismic reflection and refraction data, gravity and magnetic measurements, cores of sediments and dredge hauls of rocks, underwater photographs, echo sounding data, and a large body of surface and subsurface geological data from the adjacent land.Major differences in the sedimentary pattern and sedimentary types occur from north to south and reflect not only source differences but also differences in means of transport and deposition. The data indicate a continuity of structure from Newfoundland to the Bahamas, interrupted only by the Kelvin-New England seamount group and associated structures ashore. They suggest that the ocean basin west of Bermuda is at least as old as Paleozoic.