Salisbury Embayment
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salisbury-embayment-202-10671756
title:
Salisbury Embayment
text:
The Salisbury Embayment was an arm of the Atlantic Ocean which covered what is now Delaware, southern and eastern Maryland, the Virginia Peninsula and parts of southern New Jersey during Paleogene and Neogene times, from about 65 million to 5 million years ago. Sea level throughout most of this period stood several hundred feet higher than at present, and deposition of sediments draining off the continent possibly caused the underlying rocks to sink down, creating the embayment. The shore of the
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description:
Prehistoric sea (65–5mya) over the United States' East Coast
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Embayment
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2024-02-14T23:08:44Z
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