Sea level–climate correlation during the past 1400 yr

Research Article| April 01, 1998 Sea level–climate correlation during the past 1400 yr Orson van de Plassche; Orson van de Plassche 1Faculty of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Klaas van der Borg; Klaas van der Borg 2R. J. Van de Graaff Laboratory, Universiteit Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Arie F. M. de Jong Arie F. M. de Jong 2R. J. Van de Graaff Laboratory, Universiteit Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Orson van de Plassche 1Faculty of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands Klaas van der Borg 2R. J. Van de Graaff Laboratory, Universiteit Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands Arie F. M. de Jong 2R. J. Van de Graaff Laboratory, Universiteit Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1998) 26 (4): 319–322. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0319:SLCCDT>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Orson van de Plassche, Klaas van der Borg, Arie F. M. de Jong; Sea level–climate correlation during the past 1400 yr. Geology 1998;; 26 (4): 319–322. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0319:SLCCDT>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract We present a new mean-high-water curve for Hammock River marsh, Clinton, Connecticut, obtained by improving the age model for an existing record of relative marsh elevation based on foraminiferal analysis of a 1.8-m-long peat core. Unlike the earlier curve, the new curve confirms trend changes in mean-high-water rise during the past 1400 yr as noted for salt marshes 15 km farther west, suggesting a regional cause. These trend changes and century-scale mean-high-water variations in the Clinton record correlate positively with large-scale regional variations in sea-surface and summer-air temperature, indicating a link between sea level and the climate-ocean system. On the basis of the Clinton mean-high-water curve, we conclude that real sea level oscillated centimeters to decimeters on a century time scale over the past 1400 yr, was 25 ± 25 cm higher ca. a.d. 1050 (Medieval Warm Period) than ca. a.d. 1650 (Little Ice Age), and rose at a mean rate of ∼1 mmṁyr−1 over the past 350 yr; there was little or no rise during the cool 1800s. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.