Glacial and coastal geology, Cape Cod National Seashore; Massachusetts
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Published:January 01, 1987
Location
Cape Cod National Seashore locality is located on a peninsulain southeastern Massachusetts (Fig. 1). It is 90 mi (145 km) from both Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. Driving time is 2 to 3 hours by divided highways (1-195 from Rhode Island, Massachusetts 3 from Boston) to the Cape Cod Canal and then U.S. 6 to the Orleans Visitors Center. Airports areat Hyannis and Provincetown. Because this Cape Cod locality isso far from major through routes, several stops have been describedthat are suitable for either a half or full day trip. Suggestedfield stops occur off U.S. 6, at easily...
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Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America

One of six volumes generated by each GSA section for the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) project, this Centennial Field Guide contains descriptions of 100 sites or site clusters representing outstanding geologic locations in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, eastern Ontario, Quebec, and Washington, D.C.