FOREWORD 



This report presents the results of the correlation and comparison 

 of the bottom and subbottom sediment samples and the high resolution 

 subbottom profiler records taken during 1959 in Penobscot Bay, Maine. 



The results of the correlation and comparison of the bay sediments 

 with the high resolution subbottom profiler records have aided consid- 

 erably in the understanding and interpretation of the complex sequence 

 of events that may have occurred over the recent past in this typical 

 estuary of the glaciated northeastern coast of North Amerlci: 



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NtS W. KNOLL 

 Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy 

 Commander 

 U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office 



