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Science 7 February 1969:
Vol. 163. no. 3867, pp. 562 - 564
DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3867.562
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Florida Submergence Curve Revised: Its Relation to Coastal Sedimentation Rates

David W. Scholl 1, Frank C. Craighead Sr. 2, and Minze Stuiver 3

1 Office of Marine Geology and Hydrology, U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, California 94025
2 Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida 33030
3 Yale Radiocarbon Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520

New data substantiate as well as modify the south Florida submergence curve, which indicates that eustatic sea level has risen continuously, although at a generally decreasing rate, during the last 6500 to 7000 sidereal years (5500 standard radiocarbon years) to reach its present position. Accumulation rates of coastal deposits are similar to the rate of sea-level rise, thus supporting the generalization that submergence rates largely determine as well as limit rates of coastal sedimentation in lagoonal and estuarine areas.


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