Table 1 Summary statistics of modern sediment samples from Matlacha Pass and Blackwater Bay.

From: Assessing the preservation potential of successive hurricane overwash deposits in Florida, USA mangroves

 

Matlacha Pass Pre-Ian samples

Matlacha Pass Ian samples

Blackwater Bay Ian samples

Mean ± standard deviation

Mean grain size (Φ)

4.39 ± 1.09

4.25 ± 1.11

5.22 ± 0.84

Sorting (Φ)

1.70 ± 0.33

1.44 ± 0.57

2.03 ± 0.17

Skewness (Φ)

0.14 ± 0.28

0.26 ± 0.21

0.10 ± 0.27

Kurtosis (Φ)

1.14 ± 0.40

1.05 ± 0.24

0.87 ± 0.17

d10 grain size (Φ)

2.33 ± 0.58

2.69 ± 0.55

2.74 ± 0.64

d50 grain size (Φ)

4.25 ± 1.23

4.00 ± 1.14

5.08 ± 1.22

d90 grain size (Φ)

6.79 ± 1.34

6.36 ± 1.84

8.00 ± 0.45

Mud content (%)

54.0 ± 22.6

37.1 ± 31.5

65.9 ± 18.7

Sand content (%)

46.0 ± 22.6

62.9 ± 31.5

34.1 ± 18.7

Organic content (%)

39.1 ± 16.0

10.5 ± 5.08

16.2 ± 7.76

δ13Cbulk (‰)

-13.1 ± 1.91

-27.9 ± 0.89

-15.1 ± 2.62

Agglutinated foraminifera (%)

88.2 ± 19.2

9.29 ± 8.09

5.21 ± 5.83

Calcareous foraminifera (%)

11.8 ± 19.2

90.6 ± 8.03

94.8 ± 5.83

  1. Mean and standard deviation of each sedimentological, geochemical, and foraminifera proxy value for the pre-Ian and Ian sediments from the Matlacha Pass modern transect and the Ian sediments from the Blackwater Bay modern transect.
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