The Formation Of Cape Cod...
Season 2 Episode 10:
How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Call
You Back
Airdate:
December 08 1983 |
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After Diane comments on the fact that she spent some time at
Cape Cod Cliff chimes in.....briefly. |
I have a theory about how Cape Cod was formed, geologically speaking...
(Diane
walks away saying: "Excuse me")
Cliff never gets to finish detailing
the formation of Cape Cod and as a result we may will know if
he knew what he was talking about.
The truth:
The formation of Cape Cod is mainly due to the advance and
retreat of the last continental ice sheet, the Laurentide and
the rise in sea level that followed the retreat of the ice
sheet which occurred in the last 25,000 years. When the ice
sheet retreated, about 15,000 years ago, it left a build up of
rock and debris up to 600 feet thick over the bedrock and Cape
Cod was born.
Cliff Recommends:
Lighthouse Decorations
Nothing
fishy about these facts:
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Cape Cod is about 400 square miles.
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The peninsula is 65 miles long.
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There have been over 3,000 shipwrecks over the last three
centuries off the coast of Cape Cod.
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