Title: LATE PLEISTOCENE ICE-MARGINAL DUNE FIELDS ON THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, NEW JERSEY PINE BARRENS, USA
Abstract: Source-bordering dunes evolved on the flat sandy terrain of the New Jersey Pine Barrens* during glacial episodes.Today the area is densely forested, obscuring the extent of dunes within a humid temperate region, its main por,on residing 50-150 km south of the maximum glacial ice margin.Terrestrial relicts including thermal-contrac,on cracks, defla,on basins, and ven,fact lags a@est to periglacial condi,ons in the area.However, the organiza,on of windblown sand into dunes in the Pine Barrens has received scant a@en,on.