Cold-climate origin of the enclosed depressions and wetlands ('spungs') of the Pine Barrens, southern New Jersey, USA

The ‘frost‐thaw’ or thermokarst‐lake‐basin hypothesis, first invoked by P. E. Wolfe in 1953 to explain the enclosed depressions and shallow basins (‘spungs’) of southern New Jersey, is re‐examined. The most probable explanation is that they formed in late Wisconsinan times as deflation hollows, or ‘...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Permafrost and periglacial processes 2001-12, Vol.12 (4), p.337-350
Hauptverfasser:	French, Hugh M., Demitroff, Mark
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	aeolian activity archaeology Freshwater periglacial Permafrost Pine Barrens Pleistocene
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