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STUDY of constructional details of a chenier plain along the coast of the Firth of Thames, New Zealand, together with radiocarbon dating of seven shell samples, has enabled the production of Fig. 1. Criteria used in interpreting the past sea-levels were (a) storm ridges, (b) high-spring-tide wash benches and (c) tidal stream flats. Often all three criteria could be used to determine one sea-level. Periods of sea-level highs correlate well with periods of transgression recorded along the European coast1–3.
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SCHOFIELD, J. Sea-Level Fluctuations during the Past Four Thousand Years. Nature 185, 836 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185836a0
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