Aminostratigraphic Offsets in the Marine Quaternary of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: A Search for Possible Causes

新疆第四纪软体动物样品的氨基地层学分析 地下样品的淹没和出现的部分， 北卡罗来纳州和南卡罗来纳州的大西洋沿岸平原将成为 进行。 这些结果将有助于测试两个相互 滨海平原第四纪唯一地层模型 相关性 这些模型要求， 弗吉尼亚州的诺福克和南卡罗来纳州的查尔斯顿保存了一个不寻常的晚期 第四纪海平面/构造记录或一些U系列珊瑚 该地区的日期不正确。 当前可用数据 从北卡罗来纳州的Cape Lookout地区的更新世发现， 这一区域标志着两种不同类型的 保存地层记录，第四纪记录 在Cape Lookout的东北部更完整 的影响 海岸平原保存下来的记录 氨基地层和U系列数据，以及区域热， 沉积学和构造历史将在 建议的研究。

Aminostratigraphic analysis of Quaternary mollusc samples from subsurface samples of the submerged and emerged portion of the Atlantic Coastal Plain in North and South Carolina will be conducted. These results will aid in the testing of two mutually exclusive aminostratigraphic models for Coastal Plain Quaternary correlation. These models require either that the region between Norfolk, VA and Charleston, SC has preserved an unusual late Quaternary sea-level/tectonic record or that some U-series coral dates for the region are incorrect. Currently available data from the Pleistocene of the Cape Lookout, NC region indicate that this area marks the boundary between two distinctive types of preserved stratigraphic records, with the Quaternary record northeast of Cape Lookout being more complete. The implications of this contrast in preserved records for Coastal Plain aminostratigraphic and U-series data, and for regional thermal, sedimentologic and tectonic histories will be evaluated during the proposed research.