MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



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THE TALBOT STAGE. 



The Wicomico subsidence, like those which had preceded it, was brought 

 to a close by another elevation of the region, and with the uplift of 

 the land the third terrace, which had been deposited by the Wicomico 



FtG. 3. — Diagram showing the approximate position of the shore-line of the 

 Talbot sea. 



sea, was raised above the surface of the ocean. Erosion of the entire 

 county quickly followed the uplift, but had not proceeded far when 

 the region once more sank beneath the water but not to the extent which 



