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