Geologic History of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Cape Cod is a sandy peninsula built mostly during the ice age and juts into the Atlantic Ocean like a crooked arm . Geologists are interested in Cape Cod because it was formed, by glaciers, very recently in terms of geologic time and because of the ever changing shore as the Cape adjusts to the rising sea.

by Robert N. Oldale
U.S. Geologic Survey, Woods Hole Field Center, Massachusetts

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