Susquehanna River Paleochannel Connects Lower Reaches of Chester, Miles, and Choptank Estuaries

A continuous-seismic-reflection-profiling study showed that the valleys of the lower reaches of the Chester, Miles, and Choptank Rivers are parts of a Pleistocene valley cut by the Susquehanna River during a period of lowered sea level. The paleochannel was cut before the formation of the modern Che...

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Published in:Chesapeake science 1973-03, Vol.14 (1), p.58-62
Main Authors: Schubel, J. R., Zabawa, C. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Estuaries
Fluvial channels
Gravel
Marine
Sea level
Sediments
Short Papers and Notes
Silts
Straits
Tributaries
Valleys
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Summary:A continuous-seismic-reflection-profiling study showed that the valleys of the lower reaches of the Chester, Miles, and Choptank Rivers are parts of a Pleistocene valley cut by the Susquehanna River during a period of lowered sea level. The paleochannel was cut before the formation of the modern Chesapeake Bay basin.
ISSN:0009-3262
DOI:10.2307/1350705