The Origin of the Carolina Bays / / Douglas Johnson.
Studies the curious oval craters of the Carolina coast known as bays to differentiate them from other distinct marshes.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1942] ©1942 |
| Year of Publication: | 1942 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Geomorphic Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Tables
- I. Introduction
- II. Nature of the Bays
- III. Scientific Studies of the Bays
- IV. Hypotheses Based on Supposed Terrestrial Origin of the Bays
- V. Hypothesis of Ancient Meteorite Scars
- VI. Hypothesis of Recent Meteorite Scars
- VII. Further Tests of the Meteoritic Hypothesis
- VIII. Magnetic Tests of the Meteoritic Hypothesis
- IX. The Hypothesis of Complex Origin
- X. Competence of the Hypothesis of Complex Origin
- XI. The Artesian Phase of the Hypothesis
- XII. The Solution Phase of the Hypothesis
- XIII. The Lacustrine Phase of the Hypothesis
- XIV. The Aeolian Phase of the Hypothesis
- XV. Possible Weaknesses of the Hypothesis
- INDEX