308 SCHNEIDER, S. H., and CHEN, P. S. 1980. "Carbon Dioxide Warming and 

 Coastline Flooding: Physical Factors and Climatic Impact," Annual Review of 

 Energy . Vol 5, pp 107-40. 



The purpose of this article is to use quantitative information in asses- 

 sing climatic impacts. The authors review the basic elements of climatic pre- 

 diction, potential geographic extent of inundation and the associated economic 

 losses, and social and political impacts. (Gorman). 



309 SCHOFIELD, J. C. 1975. "Sea-Level Fluctuations Cause Periodic, 

 Post-Glacial Progradation, South Kaipara Barrier, North Island, New Zealand," 

 New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics . Vol 18, No. 2, pp 295-316. 



The off-shore region between Mt. Egmont and the Kaipara Harbour entrance 

 forms the off-shore portion of the Egmont -Kaipara Sand System. The late post- 

 glacial input of sand from landward sources into this system is less than 7% 

 of the volume of post-glacial dunes which forms its coastal deposits. The 

 only other source for the dune sand is the sea floor. Hence it is not sur- 

 prising that the mineralogy of the sea floor and dune sands is the same. 

 Furthermore, five separate periods of progradation are recognized that are 

 correlated with five periods of sea- level fluctuations which have occurred 

 during the post-glacial fall in sea-level from a local maximum of +21 m, 

 4425 years ago. The volume of progradation is approximately proportional to 

 the net fall in sea- level during each fluctuation. Departures from this pro- 

 portionality are due mainly to insufficient time for equilibrium to be estab- 

 lished between sea floor and new sea- level. Sea- level is currently rising and 

 is promoting deposition on the sea floor down to depths of 50 m, beyond which 

 there is a belt of coarser sand down to an average of 100 m. The main move- 

 ment of sand is between the depth of 50 m and the shore. A wedge of sand from 

 this region with a maximum, near-shore thickness of 21 m (the overall post- 

 glacial fall in the sea-level) equals slightly more than the total volume of 

 post-glacial dune sand preserved within the Egmont-Kaipara Sand System. It is 

 concluded that the present sea floor is in partial equilibrium with sea- level, 

 and the local profile of equilibrium probably extends to depths of between 

 80 and 120 m. (Author) . 



310 SCHOLL, D. W. 1964. "Recent Sedimentary Record in Mangrove Swamps and 

 Rise in Sea-Level Over the Southwestern Coast of Florida, Part I," Marine 

 Geology . Vol 1, pp 344-366. 



Beneath the shallowly submerged coastal mangrove forest (paralic man- 

 grove swamps) of southwestern Florida, marine and brackish-water sediments of 

 Recent age overlie fresh water calcitic mud that was deposited on bedrock or 

 fresh-water peat about 4,000 years ago. This sedimentary succession is 

 thought to be the record of a marine inundation of the western margin of the 

 extensive fresh-water swamps (Everglades) of southern Florida. To map the ex- 

 tent of the submergence a stratigraphic study was made of piston core samples 

 of unconsolidated sediments underlying waterways dissecting the coastal forest 

 and intra- forest bays enclosed within it. These cores were primarily taken in 



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