Quaternary Geologic Map of Connecticut and Long Island Sound Basin
Scientific Investigations Map
2784
By: Janet Radway Stone, John P. Schafer, Elizabeth Haley London, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen, Ralph S. Lewis, and Woodrow B. Thompson
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Abstract
The Quaternary geologic map (sheet 1) and explanatory figures and cross sections (sheet 2) portray the geologic features formed in Connecticut during the Quaternary Period, which includes the Pleistocene (glacial) and Holocene (postglacial) Epochs. The Quaternary Period has been a time of development of many details of the landscape and of all the surficial deposits. At least twice in the late Pleistocene, continental ice sheets swept across Connecticut. Their effects are of pervasive importance to the present occupants of the land.
The Quaternary geologic map illustrates the geologic history and the distribution of depositional environments during the emplacement of glacial and postglacial surficial deposits and the landforms resulting from those events.
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Stone, J., Schafer, J., London, E.H., DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., Lewis, R., Thompson, W.B., 2005, Quaternary Geologic Map of Connecticut and Long Island Sound Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2784, HTML Document, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim2784.
ISSN: 2329-132X (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Quaternary Geologic Map of Connecticut and Long Island Sound Basin |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Series number | 2784 |
| ISBN | 0607984600 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sim2784 |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | HTML Document |
| Scale | 125000 |