Other Coastal Quaternary Morphologies Registering Uplift
Uplift can also be registered through tidal notch sequences. Notches are often portrayed as lying at sea level; however notch types actually form a continuum from wave notches formed in quiet conditions at sea level to surf notches formed in more turbulent conditions and as much as 2 m (6.6 ft) above sea level (Pirazzoli et al., 1996 in Rust and Kershaw, 2000). As stated above, there was at least one higher sea level during the Holocene, so that some notches may not contain a tectonic component in their formation.
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