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Book SynopsisMeasuring sea-level change be that rise or fall is one of the most pressing scientific goals of our time and requires robust scientific approaches and techniques.
Table of ContentsList of contributors vii
Preface xi
About the companion website xiii
1. Introduction 1
Ian Shennan, Antony J. Long, and Benjamin P. Horton
2. Handbook of sea-level research: framing research questions 3
Ian Shennan
PART 1: Field techniques for sea-level reconstruction
3. Pre-fieldwork surveys 29
Robert C. Witter
4. Coastal sediments 47
Alan R. Nelson
5. Geomorphological indicators of past sea levels 66
Harvey M. Kelsey
6. Coastal caves and sinkholes 83
Peter J. van Hengstum, David A. Richards, Bogdan P. Onac, and Jeffrey A. Dorale
7. Coral reefs 104
Yusuke Yokoyama and Tezer M. Esat
8. Coral microatolls 125
Aron J. Meltzner and Colin D. Woodroffe
9. Archeological and biological relative sea-level indicators 146
Christophe Morhange and Nick Marriner
10. GPS and surveying 157
James Foster
11. Reference water level and tidal datum 171
Sarah A. Woodroffe and Natasha L. M. Barlow
PART 2: Laboratory techniques
12. Techniques and applications of plant macrofossil analysis in sea-level studies 183
Martyn Waller
13. Foraminifera 191
Robin Edwards and Alex Wright
14. Pollen and spores of terrestrial plants 218
Christopher E. Bernhardt and Debra A. Willard
15. Diatoms 233
Yongqiang Zong and Yuki Sawai
16. Ostracods and sea level 249
Thomas M. Cronin
17. Mollusca 258
Jessica E. Pilarczyk and Donald C. Barber
18. Fixed biological indicators 268
Alessio Rovere, Fabrizio Antonioli, and Carlo Nike Bianchi
19. Testate amoebae 281
Dan J. Charman
20. Stable carbon isotope and C/N geochemistry of coastal wetland sediments as a sea-level indicator 295
Nicole S. Khan, Christopher H. Vane, and Benjamin P. Horton
21. Loss on ignition and organic content 312
Andrew J. Plater, Jason R. Kirby, John F. Boyle, Timothy Shaw, and Hayley Mills
22. Grain size analysis 331
Adam D. Switzer and Jeremy Pile
PART 3: Dating methods
23. Radiocarbon dating and calibration 349
Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Brad E. Rosenheim, Ping Hu, and Alvaro B. Fernandez
24. 210Lead and 137Cesium: establishing a chronology for the last century 361
D. Reide Corbett and J.P. Walsh
25. Chronohorizons: indirect and unique event dating methods for sea-level reconstructions 373
Wil Marshall
26. Uranium-thorium dating 386
Andrea Dutton
27. The application of luminescence dating in sea-level studies 404
Mark D. Bateman
PART 4: Modeling
28. Glacial isostatic adjustment 421
Glenn A. Milne
29. Tidal modeling 438
Stephen D. Griffiths and David F. Hill
30. Compaction 452
Matthew J. Brain
31. Transfer functions 470
Andrew C. Kemp and Richard J. Telford
32. Using chronological models in late Holocene sea-level reconstructions from saltmarsh sediments 500
Andrew C. Parnell and W. Roland Gehrels
33. Paleogeography 514
Geert-Jan Vis, Kim M. Cohen, Wim E. Westerhoff, Johan H. Ten Veen, Marc P. Hijma, Ad J.F. van der Spek, and Peter C. Vos
34. A protocol for a geological sea-level database 536
Marc P. Hijma, Simon E. Engelhart, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Benjamin P. Horton, Ping Hu, and David F. Hill
PART 5: Direct measurements
35. Sea-level measurements from tide gauges 557
Philip L. Woodworth, David T. Pugh, and Andrew J. Plater
Index 575
