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Uranium-Thorium Ages for Late Holocene Corals from the Southeast Florida Nearshore Ridge Complex

July 14, 2023

This data release compiles Uranium-Thorium (U-Th) dating data for late Holocene coral samples collected from the Nearshore Ridge Complex (NRC) off Pompano Beach, Southeast Florida (SEFL; Figure 1). The samples were collected under Scientific Activity Licenses (SAL) from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (SAL-18-1659A-SRP) and with permission from Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management. These data were collected for a series of studies (Modys and others, 2022; 2023) aimed at evaluating the timing and palaeoecological implications of late Holocene reef development in southeast Florida.

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Modys, A.B., Toth, L.T., Mortlock, R.A., Oleinik, A.E., and Precht, W.F., 2023, Discovery of a rare pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) death assemblage off southeast Florida reveals multi-century persistence during the late Holocene: Coral Reefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-023-02387-3.

Publication Year 2023
Title Uranium-Thorium Ages for Late Holocene Corals from the Southeast Florida Nearshore Ridge Complex
DOI 10.5066/P9VTNG2N
Authors Alexander B. Modys, Lauren T Toth, Richard A Mortlock, Anton E Oleinik
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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