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  <dc:contributor>James V. Browning</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Lloyd D Keigwin</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Jason Chaytor</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Emily Schneider</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Matthew Richtmyer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>W. John Schmelz</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Kenneth G. Miller</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2024</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;div id="143127390" class="article-section-wrapper js-article-section js-content-section  " data-section-parent-id="0"&gt;&lt;p&gt;We examined Holocene benthic foraminiferal biofacies, % planktonic foraminifera, and lithofacies changes from New England mud patch cores and present a relative sea-level (RSL) record to evaluate evolution of these rapidly deposited (30–79 cm/kyr) muds. Sandy lower Holocene sections are dominated by&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bulimina marginata&lt;/i&gt;. The mud patch developed from 11–9 ka as RSL rise slowed from 10 to 7 mm/yr; mud deposition began when the cores (69 to 91 m modern) were inundated below storm wave base. An&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Elphidium-B. marginata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;fauna developed at ca. 7–6 ka as RSL rise slowed from approximately 7 to 2 mm/yr. A&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Globobulimina&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;fauna developed at 3 ka as RSL rise slowed to 1 mm/yr, reflecting lower O&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;conditions. Single specimen δ&lt;sup&gt;18&lt;/sup&gt;O analyses of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Globobulimina&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;show ∼1‰ variations over the past 3 kyr, reflecting a shelf bottom water seasonal cycle of 4–5°C, and a temperature minimum during the Little Ice Age with warming since.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.61551/gsjfr.54.2.172</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Cushman Foundation</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Holocene foraminifera, climate, and decelerating rise in sea level on the mud patch, southern New England continental shelf</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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