相比于大陆冰川沉积物,海洋沉积物提供了更完整的更新世时期的地质记录。
Ocean sediments presented a much more complete geologic record of the Pleistocene than continental glacial deposits did.
沿着美国东海岸,最南边的冰川运动被大量的沙子和终碛石的漂流沉积物(形成了长岛和科德角)所记录下来。
Along the east coast of the United States, the southernmost advance of this ice is recorded by the enormous sand and drift deposits of the terminal moraines that form Long Island and Cape Cod.
地质学家杰拉德·邦德注意到,一些沉积物颗粒被氧化铁染色,这表明它们起源于冰川覆盖红砂岩露头的地方。
Geologist Gerard Bond noticed that some of the sediment grains were stained with iron oxide, evidence that they originated in locales where glaciers had overrun outcrops of red sandstone.
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