marginal bulge

geology

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Holocene Epoch

  • geologic time
    In Holocene Epoch: Continental shelf and coastal regions

    …ice sheets is the so-called marginal bulge. Reginald A. Daly, an American geologist, postulated that, if the ice load pressed down the middle of the glaciated area, then the Earth’s crust in the marginal area tended to rise up slightly, producing a marginal bulge. With deglaciation the marginal bulge should…

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