Stratigraphy and geologic history of a southeastern salt marsh basin,North Inlet,South Carolina,USA |
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Authors: | Gardner Leonard Robert Porter Dwayne E |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, U.S.A;(2) Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, U.S.A;(3) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | Forty seven vibracores and fifteen radiocarbon dates have beenobtained to outline the Holocene history of the North Inlet saltmarsh basin. Marsh deposits date from about 3500 years BP and havetransgressed over a Late Pleistocene beach-ridge terrain that waspartly eroded by Late Holocene tidal channel meandering. Marsh mudalso has prograded southward over shallow subtidal estuarine Macomamuds which date from about 4500 years BP and which are stillaccumulating in adjacent Winyah Bay. The southward migration of themarsh environment probably is due to the southward migration ofboth North Inlet and the mouth of Winyah Bay. The stratigraphy ofthe North Inlet basin offers no evidence for Late Holocene sea-level oscillations.Application of this model of marsh history to the study long-term ecosystem succession driven by slowly rising sea level isdiscussed. |
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Keywords: | marsh deposits marsh history sea level rise stratigraphy |
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