A split core, recovered in 2010, shows the transition from modern marine sediment (top right), through the Pleistocene clay (lower left).
Split Cores
Image courtesy of Paleolandscapes and the ca. 8,000 BP Shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf 2020. Download larger version (jpg, 401 KB).

A split core, recovered in 2010, shows the transition from modern marine sediment (top right), through the Pleistocene clay (lower left).

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