# Central US Gulf Coast Holocene Relative Sea-Level Data #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NOTE: Please cite Publication, and Online_Resource and date accessed when using these data. # If there is no publication information, please cite Investigators, Title, and Online_Resource and date accessed. # # # Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/16361 # # Original_Source_URL: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/relative_sea_level/hijma2014rsl-summary.txt # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # Archive: Paleoceanography #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2014-04-18 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Central US Gulf Coast Holocene Relative Sea-Level Data #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Hijma, M.P.; Tornqvist, T.E. #-------------------- # Description_Notes_and_Keywords # Description: This is a pilot database intended as an initial release of Holocene geological # relative sea-level data that have been compiled according to a recently developed protocol. # The database is provided in two versions: a complete version that consists of 77 variables # and that includes all the underlying data, as well as a processed version with only the 11 # most critical variables. It is anticipated that this latter version will be adequate for most # users, while the former provides a full documentation for those who wish to carry out more # detailed analyses. # # Column numbers: see Hijma et al. (2015) for a detailed description. # # Limiting data: # Note that the elevation is calculated in the same manner as for Paleo-RSL. # However, it is recommended that limiting data are plotted with a horizontal # bar with a width defined by the 2sigma age range, and an elevation that takes # into account the upward error (for upper limiting data) or downward error # (for lower limiting data). # # Source References: # Blum MD et al. (2001), J. Sediment. Res., 71: 581. # Gonzalez JL and Tornqvist TE (2009), Quat. Sci. Rev., 28: 1737. # Gould HR and McFarlan E, Jr (1959), Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., 9: 261. # Li Y-X et al. (2012), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 315-316: 41. # Miller III W (1983), Tulane Stud. Geol. Paleontol., 17: 85. # Milliken KT et al. (2008a), Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap., 443: 1. # Milliken KT et al. (2008b), Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap., 443: 43. # Milliken KT et al. (2008c), Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap., 443: 65. # Tornqvist TE et al. (2004a), Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 116: 1026. # Tornqvist TE et al. (2004b), Geophys. Res. Lett., 31: L23309. # Tornqvist TE et al. (2006), Geology, 34: 697. # Yu S-Y et al. (2012), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 331-332: 21. # #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Hijma, M.P., Engelhart, S.E., Tornqvist, T.E., Horton, B.P., Hu, P., Hill, D.F. # Published_Date_or_Year: 2015 # Published_Title: A protocol for a geological sea-level database # Journal_Name: # Volume: # Edition: # Issue: # Pages: # DOI: # Online_Resource: # Full_Citation: Hijma, M.P., Engelhart, S.E., Tornqvist, T.E., Horton, B.P., Hu, P., Hill, D.F., 2015. A protocol for a geological sea-level database. In: I. Shennan, A.J. Long and B.P. Horton (Editors), Handbook of Sea-Level Research. John Wiley, Chichester pp. 536-553. # Abstract: This chapter presents a protocol for synthesizing sea-level data by means of a comprehensive database. A rigorous, objective error assessment assures that all conceivable sources of uncertainty are accounted for, thereby allowing direct comparison of data from different regions and environments. New developments in the methodology presented here include a more extensive treatment of age errors, plus modeling of modern as well as paleotidal parameters. The methodology is illustrated with an example from the US Gulf Coast. #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: US National Science Foundation # Grant: EAR-0717364, EAR-0717496, EAR-0719179 #------------------ # Site_Information # Site_Name: Central US Gulf Coast # Location: North America>United States Of America # Country: United States # Northernmost_Latitude: 31.0 # Southernmost_Latitude: 28.0 # Easternmost_Longitude: -89.0 # Westernmost_Longitude: -98.0 # Elevation: 0 m #------------------ # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: Gulf Coast RSL Database Summary 11 Variables # Earliest_Year: 9660 # Most_Recent_Year: 150 # Time_Unit: Cal. Year BP # Core_Length: m # Notes: #------------------ # Chronology: 14C dating # # # #---------------- # Variables # # Data variables follow that are preceded by "##" in columns one and two. # Data line variables format: Variables list, one per line, shortname-tab-longname-tab-longname components (9 components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data) # ##Latitude Latitude, , , degN, , , , ,N ##Longitude Longitude, , , degW, , , , ,N ##References References, , , , ,, , ,C ##age_calBP+ age 2sigma older limit, , , calendar years before present, , , , ,N ##age_calBP- age 2sigma younger limit, , , calendar years before present, , , , ,N ##age_calBP age weighted mean, , , calendar years before present, , , , ,N ##Classification Classification,,,,,,,,C ##RSL Paleo-RSL, , , m, , , , ,N ##LimitElev Limiting Data Elevation, , ,m, , , , ,N ##ElevErr+ Total upward error, , ,m, , , , ,N ##ElevErr- Total downward error, , ,m, , , , ,N # #---------------- # Data: # Data lines follow (have no #) # Data line format - tab-delimited text, variable short name as header # Missing Values: Latitude Longitude Reference(s) Calendar age 2sigma older limit (cal a BP) Calendar age 2sigma younger limit (cal a BP) Calendar age weighted mean (cal a BP) Classification Paleo-RSL (m) Limiting data elevation (m) Total upward error (m) Total downward error (m) 3 4 8 44 45 46 54 74 75 76 77 29.8404 -91.7141 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1060 930 990 SLIP -1.00 0.30 0.30 29.8408 -91.7137 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1050 920 950 SLIP -0.99 0.30 0.29 29.8417 -91.7135 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 800 690 760 SLIP -0.95 0.30 0.29 29.8421 -91.7134 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 930 790 860 SLIP -0.89 0.30 0.30 29.8424 -91.7132 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 910 730 800 SLIP -0.85 0.30 0.29 29.8430 -91.7131 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 900 690 760 SLIP -0.73 0.30 0.29 29.8431 -91.7129 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 790 670 720 SLIP -0.66 0.30 0.29 29.8481 -91.7323 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 920 760 850 SLIP -0.79 0.30 0.29 29.8484 -91.7322 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1070 960 1020 SLIP -0.88 0.30 0.30 29.8485 -91.7322 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1220 1060 1120 SLIP -0.94 0.30 0.29 29.8498 -91.7319 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 960 790 890 SLIP -0.69 0.30 0.29 29.8504 -91.7319 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 940 790 870 SLIP -0.86 0.30 0.29 29.8506 -91.7318 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 910 740 840 SLIP -0.81 0.30 0.29 29.8508 -91.7318 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 910 730 790 SLIP -0.77 0.30 0.29 29.8508 -91.7318 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 440 290 380 SLIP -0.66 0.29 0.29 29.8840 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1400 1310 1360 SLIP -1.24 0.30 0.30 29.8842 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1390 1300 1340 SLIP -1.21 0.30 0.30 29.8843 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1180 1000 1110 SLIP -1.16 0.30 0.30 29.8846 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1480 1300 1360 SLIP -1.18 0.30 0.30 29.8847 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 1060 930 1000 SLIP -1.07 0.30 0.30 29.8851 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 920 790 850 SLIP -0.98 0.30 0.30 29.8852 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 910 690 790 SLIP -0.92 0.30 0.30 29.8853 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 930 790 860 SLIP -0.93 0.30 0.30 29.8854 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 910 730 830 SLIP -0.87 0.30 0.30 29.8855 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 790 680 730 SLIP -0.85 0.30 0.30 29.8855 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 500 310 400 SLIP -0.77 0.29 0.29 29.8856 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 630 510 550 SLIP -0.71 0.30 0.30 29.8857 -91.7843 Gonzalez and Tornqvist (2009) 510 320 430 SLIP -0.67 0.29 0.29 29.86 -93.08 Gould and McFarlan (1959) 6210 5320 5780 SLIP -4.15 1.39 1.39 29.86 -93.08 Gould and McFarlan (1959) 7160 6200 6610 SLIP -6.15 1.39 1.39 29.6513 -91.4907 Li et al. (2012) 8310 8170 8220 SLIP -14.76 0.31 0.29 29.6328 -91.5168 Li et al. (2012) 8310 8180 8240 SLIP -14.41 0.31 0.30 29.6361 -91.5046 Li et al. (2012) 8420 8380 8400 SLIP -16.40 0.32 0.30 29.6408 -91.5023 Li et al. (2012) 8450 8400 8420 SLIP -15.87 0.30 0.30 30.05 -89.96 Miller (1983) 8410 7820 8110 SLIP -11.84 0.58 0.58 30.20 -93.28 "Milliken et al. (2008a, 2008b)" 7420 6890 7140 SLIP -6.94 0.69 0.68 30.1003 -90.6843 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 3340 3000 3170 SLIP -2.27 0.30 0.29 30.0981 -90.6845 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 3450 3210 3320 SLIP -2.56 0.30 0.29 30.0983 -90.6845 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 3710 3400 3560 SLIP -2.63 0.30 0.29 30.0990 -90.6845 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 3970 3590 3780 SLIP -3.13 0.30 0.29 30.0988 -90.6845 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 4090 3900 4000 SLIP -2.82 0.30 0.29 30.0934 -90.6851 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 4290 4080 4170 SLIP -3.11 0.30 0.29 30.0931 -90.6851 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 4410 4090 4220 SLIP -3.27 0.30 0.29 30.0923 -90.6857 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 4430 4240 4350 SLIP -3.54 0.30 0.29 30.0901 -90.6859 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 4830 4560 4700 SLIP -3.73 0.31 0.30 30.0801 -90.6854 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 5030 4710 4870 SLIP -4.02 0.31 0.30 30.0792 -90.6852 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 5300 4890 5120 SLIP -3.96 0.31 0.29 30.0760 -90.6843 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 5440 5040 5180 SLIP -4.28 0.31 0.29 30.0786 -90.6849 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 5590 5050 5340 SLIP -4.11 0.31 0.29 30.0744 -90.6840 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 5890 5310 5570 SLIP -4.58 0.33 0.31 30.0736 -90.6840 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 5750 5470 5620 SLIP -4.87 0.33 0.31 30.0730 -90.6836 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 5940 5730 5830 SLIP -5.11 0.33 0.31 30.0696 -90.6841 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 6400 6180 6270 SLIP -5.55 0.34 0.31 30.0688 -90.6843 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 6450 6290 6370 SLIP -6.02 0.34 0.31 30.0691 -90.6844 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 6490 6300 6400 SLIP -5.87 0.34 0.31 30.0640 -90.6830 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 6720 6480 6590 SLIP -6.31 0.33 0.29 30.0647 -90.6832 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 6800 6660 6730 SLIP -6.49 0.34 0.30 30.0677 -90.6841 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 7000 6660 6820 SLIP -6.60 0.33 0.30 30.0674 -90.6840 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 6980 6720 6840 SLIP -6.87 0.34 0.29 30.0667 -90.6837 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 7170 6980 7080 SLIP -7.02 0.35 0.30 30.0407 -90.7121 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 7180 6960 7080 SLIP -7.79 0.35 0.29 30.0393 -90.7113 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 7510 7270 7390 SLIP -8.61 0.36 0.29 30.0387 -90.7109 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 7500 7420 7450 SLIP -9.46 0.37 0.29 30.0385 -90.7108 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 7660 7510 7590 SLIP -9.81 0.37 0.29 30.0378 -90.7103 Tornqvist et al. (2004a) 8000 7790 7900 SLIP -10.55 0.38 0.29 29.6623 -91.4757 Tornqvist et al. (2004b) 8170 8020 8100 SLIP -13.42 0.40 0.29 29.6513 -91.4907 Tornqvist et al. (2004b) 8420 8200 8350 SLIP -14.63 0.42 0.29 29.8511 -91.7316 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 290 0 150 SLIP -0.48 0.30 0.29 29.8480 -91.7321 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 910 680 780 SLIP -0.76 0.30 0.30 29.8424 -91.7332 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 1610 1400 1490 SLIP -1.36 0.30 0.30 29.8397 -91.7141 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 5280 4860 5030 SLIP -4.05 0.32 0.30 29.8387 -91.7146 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 5590 5330 5510 SLIP -4.68 0.34 0.32 29.8141 -91.6581 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 5730 5590 5650 SLIP -5.35 0.34 0.32 29.8087 -91.6599 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 6720 6460 6580 SLIP -6.93 0.34 0.30 29.7794 -91.6752 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 7850 7620 7740 SLIP -10.36 0.37 0.30 29.6978 -91.4669 Tornqvist et al. (2006) 7940 7720 7840 SLIP -11.67 0.37 0.29 29.8436 -92.9810 Yu et al. (2012) 3340 3160 3230 SLIP -2.08 0.31 0.31 29.8436 -92.9799 Yu et al. (2012) 3460 3380 3420 SLIP -2.11 0.31 0.31 29.8436 -92.9787 Yu et al. (2012) 3690 3570 3620 SLIP -2.22 0.31 0.31 29.8399 -92.9787 Yu et al. (2012) 3900 3720 3830 SLIP -2.52 0.31 0.31 29.8384 -92.9789 Yu et al. (2012) 4150 3980 4050 SLIP -2.64 0.32 0.31 29.8321 -92.9820 Yu et al. (2012) 5290 5040 5170 SLIP -3.75 0.33 0.33 29.8297 -92.9820 Yu et al. (2012) 5710 5590 5630 SLIP -4.09 0.34 0.33 29.8586 -93.0669 Yu et al. (2012) 5990 5900 5930 SLIP -4.46 0.34 0.33 29.8581 -93.0669 Yu et al. (2012) 6300 6200 6250 SLIP -4.83 0.34 0.33 29.8572 -93.0673 Yu et al. (2012) 6620 6460 6520 SLIP -5.19 0.33 0.31 28.118 -97.182 "Blum et al. (2001, pers. comm. 2011)" 5230 4270 4720 Upper limit 1.29 0.52 0.52 28.118 -97.182 "Blum et al. (2001, pers. comm. 2011)" 5280 4430 4850 Upper limit 0.99 0.52 0.52 28.118 -97.182 "Blum et al. (2001, pers. comm. 2011)" 5830 5010 5420 Upper limit 1.39 0.52 0.52 28.118 -97.182 "Blum et al. (2001, pers. comm. 2011)" 5940 5280 5620 Upper limit 1.49 0.52 0.52 28.118 -97.182 "Blum et al. (2001, pers. comm. 2011)" 6640 5880 6250 Upper limit 1.29 0.52 0.52 28.118 -97.182 "Blum et al. (2001, pers. comm. 2011)" 7150 6430 6780 Upper limit 0.49 0.52 0.52 30.05 -89.96 Miller (1983) 8640 8330 8480 Upper limit -12.94 0.52 0.52 30.00 -93.29 "Milliken et al. (2008a, 2008b)" 9130 8560 8840 Upper limit -13.31 0.66 0.62 29.78 -93.29 "Milliken et al. (2008a, 2008b)" 10120 9430 9660 Upper limit -19.21 0.91 0.81 29.87 -93.83 "Milliken et al. (2008a, 2008c)" 9030 8450 8770 Upper limit -14.91 0.67 0.63