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Maps showing late Pleistocene and Holocene evolution of the South Texas continental shelf Maps showing late Pleistocene and Holocene evolution of the South Texas continental shelf

Interpretation of acoustical profiles has provided insight into the late Quaternary geologic history of the Continental Shelf off South Texas. (See the geographic index map on sheet 1 for location of the area studied.) The profiles reveal the interplay of tectonism, sedimentation, and cyclic fluctuations of sea level in the building and geologic evolution of the continental terrace. The...
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