LATE QUATERNARY MOVEMENT OF ASPY FAULT, NOVA-SCOTIA

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GRANT, DR
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10.1139/e90-100
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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An emerged Sangamonian (125 ka) intertidal rock platform at +7 m asl is apparently upthrown to +22 m asl along Aspy Fault on Cape Breton Island. The 15 m displacement may be an isostatic response to rapid ice retreat or erosional unloading, or it may be a tectonic effect due to release of crustal stress stored during Wisconsinan glacier cover. -Author
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