632 H. L. FAIRCHILD POST-GLACIAL UPLIFT OF NEW ENGLAND 



Another group of high-level sandplains is found at North Scituate, on 

 the Burrillville quadrangle. The higher plains are 300 feet, under the 

 village and a mile north, with filling of the head of the Moswansicut 

 Eiver, near Elmsdale Corners, at 280 to 290 feet. By the isobases the 

 marine level is 265 to 270 feet. The drainage vs^as freely sonthv^ard and 

 the ice barrier would have to lie south or southwest of Providence. 



Smoothed areas are seen at Greenville, about four miles northeast of 

 North Scituate and eight miles northwest of Providence. These areas 

 are also 300 feet elevation, but lower plains lie at 240 feet. The marine 

 level is 270 feet or more. 



All these plains are so little over the marine summit as to be some- 

 what doubtful. There is good opportunity in the area west of Provi- 

 dence for careful, discriminating study. 



Bibliography 



Lists of papers relating to the Pleistocene geology of New England 

 have been published as follows: In 1897, by Woodworth, in the paper 

 ^umbered 47 in the following list; by Groldthwait, in 1905, in paper 73, 

 and a partial list by the writer in number 81. Papers on the paleon- 

 tology and general geology of Marthas Vineyard to 1890 are listed in 

 Hollick's paper, number 55. 



The present list is meant to include papers which have some bearing 

 on Post-Glacial uplift of New England. It is possible that some perti- 

 nent writings have been overlooked. 



1. W. D. CoNYBEARE and William Phillips: Notices of the geology of 



Marthas Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands. Silliman's Journal, 

 volume 7, 1824, pages 240-248. 



2. Edwaed Hitchcock : Diluvium, or drift. Geology of Massachusetts, vol- 



ume 2, 1841, pages 350-430. 



3. E. Desor : On a deposit of shells in the cliff at Sankaty Head, Nantucket. 



Proceedings of ithe American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, volume 1, 1848, pages 100-101, 



4. — : Drift fossils from Nantucket. Proceedings of the Boston Society 



of Natural History, volume 3, 1851, pages 79-80. 



5. : On marine shells far above the present sealevel. Proceedings of 



' ■: the Boston Society of Natural. History, volume 3, 1851, pages 115, 



. : :; 116, 117. 



6. : On the deposits of marine shells in Maine, etcetera. Proceedings 



of the Boston Society of Natural History, volume 3, 1851, pages 357-358. 



7. : Drift of eastern Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Boston So- 

 ciety of Natural History, volume 4, 1854, page 181. 



