Fig 1.
Top left: Location of the Shark River Slough (SRS).
Right: aerial photos of study sites SRS-4, SRS-5, and SRS-6 (base map and aerial photos adapted from FCE LTER: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/. Copyright permission is acquired). Bottom left: satellite photo of site SRM (adapted from USGS National Map Viewer: http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/). Red stars represent location of the coring sites. Site numbers are tied to core ID described in S1 Table.
Fig 2.
Lithology, loss-on-ignition diagram, and 14C dates for core SRM, SRS-6, SRS-5 and SRS-4.
Arrows with solid lines point to accepted dates at corresponding depth. Arrows with dash lines point to rejected dates at corresponding depth. A map showing vegetation types surrounding the study sites is added to the figure to facilitate the interpretation of data.
Fig 3.
XRF diagrams from core SRM, SRS-6, SRS-5, and SRS-4 plotted against calibrated age (cal yr BP).
The 2-σ calibrated range of accepted 14C dates are listed at the left side of each core at corresponding depths.
Fig 4.
Pollen percentage diagrams for core SRM, SRS-6, SRS-5, and SRS-4 plotted against calibrated age (cal yr BP).
The 2-σ calibrated range of accepted 14C dates are listed at the left side of each core at corresponding depths. The concentration curves for marine planktons, charcoal fragments, and total pollen are added on the right to facilitate comparison.
Fig 5.
Concentration diagrams of pollen, marine planktons, and charcoal fragments for core SRM, SRS-6, SRS-5, and SRS-4 plotted against calibrated age (cal yr BP).
The 2-σ calibrated range of accepted 14C dates are listed at the left side of each core at corresponding depths.
Fig 6.
Model of the evolution of the Shark River Estuary.
The time horizon for each figure is selected to show each stage of the development of the Shark River Estuary.