Fluctuations during the 17,000-8,000 B.P. interval are indicated by 

 eastward sloping drowned barriers that can be best explained as due to brief 

 periods of regression produced by renewed growth of glaciers on the lands. 

 These periods appear to correspond with some of the known readvances of the 

 continental ice sheets. 



The history of rise along the Texas coast appears to agree with that 

 along other stable areas. On the other hand, the records obtained from the 

 area around the Mississippi Delta appear to indicate an independent subsidence 

 of that area of the order of about 1 ft per century. (Author). 



325 SMITH, R. A., and LEFFLER, R. J. 1980. "Water Level Variations Along 

 California Coast," Journal of the Waterway Port, Coastal and Ocean Division . 

 Vol 106, No. WW3, pp 335-348. 



Long-term sea-level variations relative to land at widely separated lo- 

 cations along the California coast show differences in rates and directions of 

 change. A graphic compilation of 123 year of annual sea- level variations at 

 the Golden Gate are presented for the first time. The sea-level elevations 

 over the period of record at Golden Gate show intervals of rise, fall, and 

 little movement relative to land. By referencing the highest water level each 

 year to the tidal datum of MHHW, the maximum expected height of time can be 

 computed without the necessity of applying corrections for long-term changes 

 and range variations. The maximiim height expected for a 100-year period, as 

 computed from the observed data at the Golden Gate, is 71 cm above MHHW. San 

 Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Crescent City all exhibit a maximum 

 frequency of highest water levels each year in December. The same four loca- 

 tions also exhibit a maximum water level height in December, January, or Feb- 

 ruary. (Conclusions, Authors). 



326 SMITH, D. A., SCOTT, D. B., and MEDIDI. F. S. 1984. "Marsh 

 Foraminifera in the Bay of Fundy: Modern Distribution and Application to Sea- 

 Level Determinations," Maritime Sediments and Atlantic Geology . Vol 20, pp 

 127-142. 



Although marsh foraminif eral zonations are comparatively well known for 

 most of Atlantic Canada, data from the vertically expanded marsh zones in the 

 Bay of Funday are insufficient for marsh foraminiferal zonations that can be 

 used to accurately determine former sea-levels. In this paper we present data 

 from two well -documented surface transects that illustrate vertical ranges of 

 marsh foraminifera in the Bay of Fundy. Trochammina inflata characterizes the 

 highest margin with a zone la of 20 cm vertical range. Tiphotrocha comprimata 

 together with T. inflata comprise zone lb (vertical range 75 cm) while 

 Mdiammina fusca and other low marsh species characterize zone II faunas 

 (vertical range 450 cm) . As in Atlantic marshes the fauna nearest the higher 

 high water level produces the best accuracy for relocating former sea- levels 

 while low marsh (zone II) is not a good indicator. (Authors). 



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