322 L. Hatch — Marine Terraces in S.E. Connecticut. 



during the marine periods. This would have made the waves 

 effective over larger areas, for in attacking long promontories 

 and islands they could chisel o£E the summits in much less time 

 than would be expended in producing a rock bench over an 

 equally broad zone. 



Unfortunately the vertical distance between terraces (about 

 100 feet) is so small and the scarps so gentle, that the unaided 

 eye generally can not differentiate the various levels in the 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 2. Drop between the 300-foot and 200- foot levels at the southern 

 end of Wintechog Hill. View taken from Pitcher Mt., showing that at this 

 distance, 2-^ miles, adjacent terraces can not be differentiated by the unaided 

 eye. The scarp between the levels occurs at point A, and can be seen by 

 holding a straight edge parallel to sky line in left half of view. 



field at distances of a mile or more. At fhe southern end of 

 Wintechog hill, for instance, the upland narrows and drops to 

 the 300-foot level within a quarter of a mile. A view taken 

 from the top of Pitcher Mt. 2^ miles east of this point, gives 

 the profile of this drop in the middle of the sky line (fig. 2). 

 It will be noted that the 300-foot level which is shown in the 

 left side of the view is not readily distinguished from the 

 400-foot level of Wintechog hill on the right. The difference 

 is brought out, however, and the scarp between the two levels 

 readily located, by holding a straight QdgQ parallel to the 

 horizon line in the left part of view. 



