Abstract
Atlantic Ocean coast of Virginia, facing a gently sloping continental shelf (Fig. 4-1). Length: 100 km. Width: 3 to 12 km. Thickness: 30 meters maximum on Atlantic Ocean and thinning to 0 meter against the Pleistocene mainland.
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Harrison, S. C. 1972. The sediments and sedimentary processes of the Holocene tidal flat complex, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia. Coastal Studies Inst., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge.
U. S. Weather Bureau. 1959. Climates of the States (Virginia). Dept. Commerce, Washington, D.C.
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Harrison, S.C. (1975). Tidal-Flat Complex, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia. In: Ginsburg, R.N. (eds) Tidal Deposits. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88494-8_4
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