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Sea terrace at Año Nuevo Point, California

Detailed Description

Marine terrace dated to ~80,000 years by U-series methods on corals, overlain by eolian sand (Muhs, D.R., Simmons, K.R., Kennedy, G.L., Ludwig, K.R., and Groves, L.T., 2006, A cool eastern Pacific Ocean at the close of the last interglacial complex: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 25, p. 235-262).

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

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