Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Best Defense Against Advancing Sea? Retreat - Hartford Courant









Best Defense Against Advancing Sea? Retreat

Hartford Courant

This horizontal component of shoreline change also explains why the brown peat of former salt marshes is commonly exposed below beaches at low tide. About 6,000 years ago, sea level in Long Island Sound was at least 30 feet below what it is today.









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