Road Vulnerabilities to Projected Sea-Level Rise by County: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Davis ◽  
Kirstin Dow
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level

Legal Issues When Managing Public Roads Affected by Sea Level Rise: North Carolina

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Payne ◽  
Ian Brown
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Legal Issues

Legal Issues When Managing Public Roads Affected by Sea Level Rise: South Carolina

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Payne ◽  
Rebecca Neubauer ◽  
Kirstin Dow ◽  
Eleanor Davis ◽  
Ian Brown
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Legal Issues

Biostratigraphic Correlation of Pleistocene Marine Deposits and Sea Levels, Atlantic Coastal Plain of the Southeastern United States

1980 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Cronin
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Atlantic Coastal Plain ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Atlantic Coastal

AbstractMarine ostracodes from 50 localities were studied to determine the age and elevation of Pleistocene sea levels in the Atlantic coastal plain from Maryland to northern Florida. Using ostracode taxon and concurrent ranges, published planktic biostratigraphic, paleomagnetic, and radiometric data, ostracode assemblage zones representing early (1.8-1.0 my), middle (0.7-0.4 my), and late (0.3-0.01 my) Pleistocene deposition were recognized and used as a basis for correlation. Ostracode biofacies signifying lagoonal, oyster bank, estuarine, open sound, and inner sublittoral environments provided estimated ranges of paleodepths for each locality. From these data the following minimum and maximum Pleistocene sea-level estimates were determined for the southeastern coastal plain: late Pleistocene, 2–10 m from Maryland to northern Florida; middle Pleistocene, 6–15 m in northern South Carolina; early Pleistocene, 4–22 m in central North Carolina, 13–35 m in southern North Carolina, and 6–27 m in South Carolina. Climatically induced glacio-eustatic sea-level fluctuations adequately account for the late Pleistocene sea-level data, but other factors, possibly differential crustal uplift, may have complicated the early Pleistocene record.

scholarly journals Projecting the Effects of Land Subsidence and Sea Level Rise on Storm Surge Flooding in Coastal North Carolina

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Johnston ◽  
Felicio Cassalho ◽  
Tyler Miesse ◽  
Celso Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Relative Rate ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
The United States

Abstract Much of the United States Atlantic coastline continues to subside due to post glacial settlement and ground water depletion. Combined with sea level rise (SLR), this contributes to a larger relative rate of SLR regionwide. In this work, we utilize the ADvanced CIRCulation model to simulate storm surges across coastal North Carolina. Simulations of recent Hurricanes Irene (2011) and Matthew (2016) are performed considering SLR projections and land subsidence estimates for the year 2100. The model is validated against historic water level observations with generally strong agreement (mean R2 0.81, RMSE 10–31 cm). At current rates of subsidence, storm surge susceptible regions increase on the order of 30–40% by 2100 relative to near-present day conditions. Flood water redistribution leaves low-lying areas especially vulnerable, as many of which also experience increased land subsidence. Combined with SLR projections, results project more than a doubling of areal flood extent for Hurricane Irene from ~ 2,000 km2 (2011) to 5,000 km2 (2100, subsidence + 74 cm), and more than a 3-fold increase ~ 1,400 km2 (2016) to 4,900 km2 (2100, subsidence + 74 cm) for Hurricane Matthew. The expected inundation increases have substantial implications for communities and ecosystems located in coastal North Carolina.

Paleoindians in the South Carolina Coastal Plain

2018 ◽  
pp. 124-154
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Smallwood ◽  
Albert C. Goodyear ◽  
Thomas A. Jennings ◽  
Douglas A. Sain
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Projectile Point ◽  
Primary Resource ◽  
Point Types

The state of South Carolina is examined by the physiographic provinces of Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain using established Paleoindian projectile point types and their geographic distributions by raw materials. Foraging ranges are reconstructed. There is a substantial drop in post-Clovis point frequencies, as seen elsewhere in the Southeast, with a great increase by Dalton times. Younger Dryas age environmental changes are reviewed, with late Pleistocene flora and fauna changes noted. Starting in Dalton times, sea level rise appears to have affected settlement strategies due to the inundation of the primary resource habitats of the Coastal Plain. The Piedmont Transhumance hypothesis is offered as an explanation of these changes.

Sea-level rise: Destruction of threatened and endangered species habitat in South Carolina

1993 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Daniels ◽  
Tammy W. White ◽  
Kimberly K. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Threatened And Endangered Species ◽  
Endangered Species Habitat

scholarly journals Marsh macrophyte responses to inundation anticipate impacts of sea-level rise and indicate ongoing drowning of North Carolina marshes

2012 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Voss ◽  
Robert R. Christian ◽  
James T. Morris
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level

scholarly journals Sea-level rise research and dialogue in North Carolina: Creating windows for policy change

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Poulter ◽  
Rebecca L. Feldman ◽  
Mark M. Brinson ◽  
Benjamin P. Horton ◽  
Michael K. Orbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Policy Change
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