Shows the on-shore and off-shore shifts of the coastline, as documented by alternating mud and shell beds in the cliffs around Chesapeake Bay. Sea level shifts are believed to be a record ice variations in Antarctica.
The download package includes two movies. The first is an introductory movie establishing the geographic location and its placement on the block model. The second shows the coastlines sweeping across the block model surface.

To view the block model movie, click on the images.

These movies were originally created to be incorporated into an introductory movie for the Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, Maryland. The data maps for this movie were compiled by Peter Vogt. The animation was created by Tanya Atwater, using Photoshop and Morph. The animation work was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Comments on this and all of the materials offered on this site are welcomed: atwater@geol.ucsb.edu