control the storage of heat. The temperature of the mixed layer does not re- 

 flect abnormal thermal storage. Variations in mixing during early spring, 

 which controls the heat contents at Castle Lake, may also affect the annual 

 average of the primary productivity. (Authors). 



335 STURGES, W. 1967. "Slope of Sea-Level Along the Pacific Coast of the 

 United States," Journal of Geophysical Research . Vol 72, No. 14, pp 3627-3637. 



The long-term mean slope of sea- level along the Pacific coast of the 

 United States is estimated for comparison with the rise from south to north 

 reported by precise leveling. Oceanographic evidence does not support the 

 leveling results. Steric levels at the coast relative to 1000 db strongly 

 suggest that the slope reported by leveling is nonexistent. Careful examina- 

 tion of the 1,000-db surface shows it to be a sufficiently level reference 

 surface along the coast. Mean sea- level at Neah Bay, Washington, is found to 

 stand 9 cm lower than at San Diego, California, rather than 46 cm higher as 

 suggested by leveling. A leveling error that could cause a slope of the ob- 

 served sign and amount is discussed. The 9 -cm difference found in the present 

 study is consistent with the effect of changing latitude as the California 

 Current flows south. (Author) . 



336 STUVIER, M. , and DADDARIO, J. J. 1963. "Submergence of the New Jersey 

 Coast," Science . Vol 142, pp 951. 



A series of five radiocarbon dates obtained from samples taken along the 

 base of the lagoon between the Brigantine City Barrier and the mainland indi- 

 cates a rate of submergence of 3 m per millennium between 6,000 and 

 2,600 years before present. During the last 2600 years the average 

 submergence has slowed down to only 1.2 to 1.4 m per millennium; the general 

 picture of a rapid rise and the subsequent slackening is in agreement with 

 results published for the New England area. (Authors). 



337 SUTER, J. R. 1986. "Buried Late Quaternary Fluvial Channels on the 

 Louisiana Continental Shelf," Journal of Coastal Research . Vol SI, No. 1, 

 pp 27-37. 



Analysis of over 20,000 km on high-resolution seismic profiles, supple- 

 mented by vibracores and platform borings, on the southwest Louisiana conti- 

 nental shelf has revealed extensive systems of buried channels in late Quater- 

 nary sediments. A fluvial origin of the channel systems is indicated by their 

 continuity from the nearshore to the shelf break, as well as the areal pat- 

 tern, and cross sectional dimensions of as much as 5 km in width and 50 m in 

 depth. Some channels are comparable in size to, or are even larger than, 

 those of the modern Mississippi River, and may represent former positions of 

 this system. 



Established fluvial systems extend themselves across exposed continental 

 shelves during periods of lowered sea- level. These channels, buried during 



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