Table 1 Elevation and sedimentation rates from cores collected on Bob Allen Key (BAP2A), Jim Foot Key (JFP1A), Buttonwood #7 Key (WRP3A), and Russell Bank (RUSP3A)

From: Rapid inundation of southern Florida coastline despite low relative sea-level rise rates during the late-Holocene

Core name

2014 surface elevation at core location relative to mean sea level (cm)

Timing of MET (cal years BP)

Transition time (years)

Depth below 2014 SL (cm)

Mangrove sedimentation rate (mm yr−1)

Sedimentation rate prior to 15–35% compression (mm yr−1)

BAP2A

−35.6

N/A

N/A

 

1.2

1.62–1.84

JFP1A

−23.1

 < 3220- > 2000

Hiatus

−242.1

1

1.15–1.35

WRP3A

−2.2

3460

186–197

−238.4

1.24

1.67–1.90

RUSP3A

−26.2

2744

136

−211.2

0.234

0.32–0.36

  1. Surface elevations were measured using dGPS and measuring depth from bedrock on each island. Timing of inundation and sedimentation rates were identified using age models and centimeter-scale accretion between dated intervals, as described in supplemental information
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