Geologic Evidence Is the Forerunner of Ominous Prospects for a Warming Earth (IMAGE)

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Geologic Evidence Is the Forerunner of Ominous Prospects for a Warming Earth

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The image on the left shows eolian (lower) and runup bedding (upper) exposed in a roadcut on Old Land Road on Great Exuma Island (road elevation +23 meters). On the right are thick beds with fenestral porosity, or 'beach bubbles,' showing that massive waves ran up over older dunes exposed in a roadcut on Suzy Turn Road along the Atlantic Ocean east side of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, BWI.

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Marine Geology

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