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Author Contributions:
Elizabeth M. Cushman – model construction; geospatial analysis; geospatial data preparation.
Morgen C. Baker – geospatial analysis; geospatial data preparation.
Craig M. Ebersole – model construction; geospatial analysis; geospatial data preparation.
Alfred C. Guiseppe – seismic reflection data interpretation; model construction; geospatial data analysis.
Acknowledgements:
HUS&T conducted digitization and georeferencing of source data for the model input.
Arm Group, LLC acquired, reprocessed, and provided an interpretation of the seismic reflection profile.
Ellen R. Fehrs of PaGS assisted with preparation and attribution of the digitized cross section points.
Christopher W. Oest of PaGS provided thoughtful insight to morphology of the Newark-Gettysburg basin that helped the authors conceptually form the final topography of the modeled surface.