A "Beach tree" grows in Maine
Water water everywhere     

In the center of this picture, taken in 1999, you see a person standing on a beach in southern Maine beside three tree stumps.

 

 

1. Since trees do not grow on the beach, how do you think the tree stumps got there?

     
    Figure 1: Relict tree stumps from Middle Beach in Kennebunk, Maine. (from Maine Geologic Survey File Photo by S. M. Dickson, 9/17/99.)    
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