LIST OF TEXT FIGURES 



Figure Page 



1 . Sketch map of southern New England showing maximum extension 



of glaciers during the Pleistocene epoch 5 



2. Map of Miocene boundary from Massachusetts southward 28 



3. Sketch map of glacially dislocated terrane off south coast of New 



England 65 



4. Outline map of Marthas Vineyard showing three topographic areas 118 



5. Map showing position of lobes of the Wisconsin ice sheet on 



Marthas Vineyard 122 



6a. Generalized profile of the northeastern area and the great plain 124 



b. Generalized profile of the western area and the great plain 124 



7. Map showing location of pre- Wisconsin valleys on Marthas Vine- 

 yard 12g 



8a. Profile showing relation of bouldery moraine and outwash plain, 



where an ice-contact slope and fosse exist 130 



b. Profile showing relation of bouldery moraine and outwash plain 



without fosse and ice-contact slope 130 



9a. Generalized profile of channels or creases showing relative steepness 



of east and west banks 131 



b. Profile of Watcha Pond channel; an extreme case 131 



10. Cross section of geological structure at Gay Head 144 



11. Geological section of Nashaquitsa Cliffs 166 



12. Section exposed at Norton's Point 167 



13. Section exposed northeast of Roaring Brook 172 



14. Section exposed one mile south of Cedar Tree Neck 181 



15. Section exposed at Stonewall Beach cliffs 182 



16. Section exposed southwest of Cedar Tree Neck 182 



17. Section exposed in cliffs at Squibnocket 186 



18. Contorted Pleistocene beds on east coast of No Mans Land 206 



19. Cross section of Clay Head in 1916 219 



20. Section of Pleistocene formations at Highland Light in North Truro 256 



21. Section of Falmouth frontal moraine and outwash plain, showing 



old ice blocks in sites of glacial lakelets 265 



22. Cross section of Cape Cod interlobate axis, Cape Cod Bay, and the 



Plymouth interlobate axis showing relations of the Wisconsin ice 



sheet at Falmouth substage 278 



23. Outline map of Cape Cod and Cape Cod Bay showing the long-shore 



drift indicated by the chief shore features 290 



