Sea Level Rise in New England

Sea Level Rise in New England

Item Information

Title:
Sea Level Rise in New England
Description:
Using the history of sea level rise and modern bathymetric maps, we can reconstruct the changing configuration of the coast over time. Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket became isolated from the mainland between five and six thousand years ago. Since that time, slight changes in sea level have produced remarkably profound alterations in the shape of the major landforms.
Name on Item:
Brian R. Hall [Compiler]
Date:
July 1, 2016
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
Book illustrations
Location:
Harvard University
Harvard Forest Archives
Collection (local):
Harvard Forest Martha's Vineyard Collection
Subjects:
Coastal
Regional Studies
Sea level
Places:
New England (area)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53xt05t
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Brian R. Hall
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).
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Notes:
A simplified approach to suggest the broad changes in Cape Cod and the Islands with sea-level rise as the glaciers melted. For the top six panels we used a reduced-resolution copy of the NOAA 1/3-Arc Second Bathymetry (http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/bathymetry/); the bottom three panes use the HF Bathymetry layer derived from NOAA Soundings data.
Notes (publications):
From: Martha's Vineyard Book, Chapter 3
Identifier:
FosterFig3-19