MAINE COAST 



LOCAL RELATIVE SEA LEVEL 14,000-0 B.P 



EUSTATIC RISE 



ISOSTATIC REBOUND 



DEGLACIATION 



100 



80 - 



-40 - 



-60 



■80 



COASTAL 

 GLACIOMARINE DELTAS 



MERRIMACK T -»"l 

 DELTA L _\j 



KENNEBEC 

 DELTA 



V 



SEISMIC-GEOMORPHIC INFERENCE 



14 



12 



- 1 - 

 10 



6 



4 



2 



PRESENT 

 MHW 



DFB 

 4/28/85 



10' 



RADIOCARBON YEARS B.P 



Figure 2. Late Quaternary sea-level curve for coastal Maine, 

 from Belknap et al. (1986, 1987b) 



147 



