Ben Horton

Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Benjamin P Horton

Peer Reviewed Publications or Book Chapters with downloadable pdfs and data where available

In Press

Culver, S.J., Farrell, K., Mallinson, D.J., Horton, B.P., Willard, D.A., Thieler, E.R., Riggs, S.R., Snyder, S.W., Wehmiller, J.F., Bernhardt, C.E., and Hillier, C. in press. Micropaleontologic record of Late Pliocene and Quaternary paleoenvironments in the northern Albemarle Embayment, North Carolina, U.S.A. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology.

Horton, B. P. and Culver, S. J., in press. Modern intertidal foraminifera of the Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA and their applicability for sea-level studies. Journal of Coastal Research.

Horton, B. P., Bird, M., Birkland, T., Cowie, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Hawkes, A. D., Tan Shau Hwai, A., Law, L., Macgregor, C., Nott, J., Eong Ong, J., Rigg, J., Robinson, R., Tan-Mullins, M., Tiong Sa, T. and Zulfigar, Y., in press. Environmental and socio-economic dynamics of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in Penang, Malaysia. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.

Horton, B. P., Rossi, V. Hawkes, A. D., in press. The Sedimentary Record of the 2005 Hurricane Season along the Gulf Coast, Quaternary International.

Leorri, E., Horton, B. P. and Cearetta, A., in press. Development of a foraminifera-based transfer function in the Basque marshes, N. Spain: implications for sea-level studies in the Bay of Biscay. Marine Geology.

Leorri, E., Martin, R.E. and Horton B.P. in press. Field experiments on bioturbation in salt marshes (Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, DE, USA): Implications for sea-level studies. Journal of Quaternary Science.

Martínez, V., Leorri, E., Cearreta, A., Gehrels, W. R. and Horton, B. P., in press. Salt marsh response to recent sea-level rise acceleration in the Southern Bay of Biscay. GEO-TEMAS

Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., Horton, B.P., Stanley, A., Kahn, A., Uptegrove, J. and Aucott, M. in press. Sea-level rise in New Jersey over the past 5000 years: Implications to Anthropogenic Change. Global and Planetary Change SEALAIX Special Issue.

Nelson, A. R., Sawai, Y., Jennings, A. E., Bradley, L-A., a, Gerson, L., Sherrod, B. L., Sabean, J. and Horton, B. P., in press. Great-earthquake paleogeodesy and tsunamis of the past 2000 years at Alsea Bay, central Oregon coast, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews.

2008

Brooks, A. J., Bradley, S. L., Edwards, R. J., Milne, G. A., Shennan, I. and Horton, B. P., 2008. Post-Glacial relative sea-Level observations from Ireland and their role in glacial rebound modelling. Journal of Quaternary Science. Download pdf

2007

Culver, S. J., Grand Pre, C. A., Mallinson, D. J., Riggs, S. R., Corbett, D. R., Foley, J., Hale, M., Metger, L. Ricardo, J., Rosenberger, J., Smith, C. G., Smith, C. C. W., Snyder, S. W., Twamley, D., Farrell, K. and Horton, B. P. 2007. Late Holocene barrier island collapse: Outer Banks, North Carolina, U.S.A. The Sedimentary Record. Download pdf

Berkeley, A., Perry, C.T. Smithers, S., Horton, B. P., Taylor, K. G., 2007. Microfossil-based palaeoenvironmental records in intertidal environments: a review of the ecological and taphonomic controls on foraminiferal assemblage development. Earth Science Reviews, 83, 205-230. Download pdf

Bird, M., Cowie, S., Eong Ong, J., Hawkes, A., Horton, B. P., Tan Shau Hwai, A., Wooi Khoon, G., Macgregor, C., Tiong Sa, T. and Yasin, Z. 2007. Indian Ocean tsunamis: environmental and socio-economic impacts in Langkawi, Malaysia. The Geographical Journal, 173, doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2007.00224. Download pdf

Burt, T. P., and Horton, B. P., 2007. Inter-decadal variability in daily rainfall at Durham (UK) since the 1850s. International Journal of Climatology, 27, 945-956. Download pdf

Engelhart, S. E., Horton, B. P., Roberts, D. H., Bryant, C. L. and Corbett, D. R., 2007. Mangrove Pollen of Indonesia and its suitability as a sea-level indicator. Marine Geology, 242, 65-81. Download pdf

Day, J. W., Gunn, J. D., Folan, W. J., Yanez-Arancibia, A. and Horton, B. P., 2007. Post-Glacial Coastal Margin Productivity and the Emergence of Civilizations. Eos Trans. AGU, 80, 170-171.

Day, J. W., Gunn, J. D., Folan, W. J., Yanez-Arancibia, A. and Horton, B. P., 2007. Reply to comment on "Emergence of complex societies after sea level stabilized" Eos Trans. AGU, 88, 429. Download pdf

Hawkes, A. D., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Horton, B. P., Tan Shau Hwai, A., Law, L., Macgregor, C., Nott, J., Eong Ong, J., Rigg, J., Robinson, R., Tan-Mullins, M., Tiong Sa, T. and Zulfigar, Y., 2007. The Sediments Deposited by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami along the Malaysia-Thailand Peninsula. Marine Geology, 242, 169-190. Download pdf

Hawkes, A. D., Engelhart, S. and Horton, B. P., 2007. Tsunami: a white cobra hits Pangandaran West Java. Geology Today, 23, 10. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., 2007. Forensic Science. In: Starrat, S. (Ed.) Pond Scum to Carbon Sink: Geological and Environmental Applications of the Diatoms, The Paleontological Society Papers, 13, 181-190. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., 2007. Late Quaternary relative sea-level changes in mid latitudes. In Elias, S. A., (ed.) Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Elsevier, 3064-3071. Download pdf

Horton, B. P. and Murray, J. W., 2007. The roles of elevation and salinity as primary controls on living foraminiferal distributions: Cowpen Marsh, Tees Estuary, UK. Marine Micropaleontology, 63, 169-186.

Horton, B. P., Culver, S. J., Hardbattle, M. I. J., Larcombe, P., Milne, G. M., Morigi, C., Whittaker, J. E., and Woodroffe, S. A., 2007. Reconstructing Holocene sea-level change for the Great Barrier Reef using subtidal foraminifera. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 37, 327-343. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., Zong, Y., Hillier, C. and Engelhart, S., 2007. Diatoms from Indonesian mangroves and their suitability as sea-level indicators for tropical environments. Marine Micropaleontology, 63, 155-168. Download pdf

2006

Boomer, I. and Horton, B. P., 2006. Holocene relative sea-level movements along the North Norfolk Coast, UK. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 23, 32-51. Download pdf

Edwards, R. J. and Horton, B. P., 2006. Developing High Resolution Records of Relative Sea-Level Change Using a Microfossil Transfer Function: An Example from North Norfolk, UK. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 364, 973-991. Download pdf

Horton, B. P. and Edwards, R. J., 2006. Quantifying Holocene Sea Level Change Using Intertidal Foraminifera: Lessons from the British Isles. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication v. 40, 97pp. Download pdf and data

Horton, B. P. and Murray, J. W., 2006. Patterns in cumulative increase in live and dead species from foraminiferal time-series of Cowpen Marsh, Tees Estuary, UK: implications for sea-level studies. Marine Micropaleontology, 58, 287-315. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., Boreham, S., Hillier, C., 2006. The Development and Application of a Diatom-Based Quantitative Reconstruction Technique in Forensic Science. Journal of Forensic Science, 51, 643-650. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., Corbett, R., Culver, S.J., Edwards, R.J., and Hillier, C., 2006. Modern saltmarsh diatom distributions of the Outer Banks, North Carolina, and the development of a transfer function for high resolution reconstructions of sea level. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, 69, 381-394. Download pdf

Rhodes, B., Tuttle, M., Horton, B. P., Doner, L., Kelsey, H., Nelson, A., Cisternas, M., 2006. Paleotsunami Research, EOS, 87, 205, 209. Download pdf

Roberts, D. H., Chiverrell, R. C., Innes, J. B., Horton, B. P., Brooks, A. J., Thomas, G. S. P., Turner, S. and Gonzalez S. 2006. Holocene sea levels, Last Glacial Maximum glaciomarine environments and geophysical models in the northern Irish Sea Basin, UK. Marine Geology, 231, 113-128. Download pdf

2005

Atwater, B. F., Bourgeois, J., Yeh, H., Abbott, D., Cisternas, M., Glawe, U., Higman, B., Horton, B. P., Peters, R., Rajendran, K., and Tuttle, M. P., 2005. Tsunami Geology and its role in Hazard Mitigation. EOS, 86, 400. Download pdf

Buranakul, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Horton, B. P., Law, L., Rigg, J., Tan-Mullins, M., 2005. The Asian tsunami, academics and academic research. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 26, 244-248. Download pdf

Culver, S. J. and Horton, B. P., 2005. Infaunal marsh foraminifera from the Outer Banks, North Carolina, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 35, 148-170. Download pdf

Horton, B. P. 2005. Climate and sea-level change. Geography Review, 18 (4), 28-31.

Horton, B. P. and Edwards, R. J., 2005. The application of local and regional transfer functions to reconstruct former sea levels, North Norfolk, England. The Holocene. 15, 2, 216-228. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., Gibbard, P. L., Milne, G. M., Stargardt, J. M., 2005, Holocene sea levels and palaeoenvironments of the Malay-Thai Peninsula, Southeast Asia. The Holocene, 15, 1199-1213. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., Thomson, K., Woodroffe, S. E., Whittaker, J. E., Wright, M. W., 2005. Contemporary foraminiferal distributions, Wakatobi National Park, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 35, 1-14. Download pdf

Mallinson, D., Riggs, S., Thieler, E. R., Culver, S., Farrell, K., Foster, D. S., Corbett, D. R., Horton, B. P., and Wehmiller, J., 2005. Late Neogene and Quaternary Evolution of the Northern Albemarle Embayment (Mid-Atlantic Continental Margin, U.S.A.). Marine Geology. 217, 97-117. Download pdf

Morigi, C., Jorissen, F.J., Fraticelli, S., Horton, B. P., Principi, M., Sabbatini, A., Capotondi, L., Curzi, P.V., and Negri, A., 2005. Benthic foraminiferal evidence for the formation of the Holocene mud-belt and bathymetrical evolution in the central Adriatic Sea. Marine Micropaleontology, 57, 25-49. Download pdf

Woodroffe, S. A. and Horton, B. P., 2005. Late and post glacial sea-level changes of the Indo-Pacific: a review. Journal of Asian Earth Science, 25, 29-43. Download pdf

Woodroffe, S. A., Horton, B. P., Larcombe, P. and Whittaker, J. E., 2005. Contemporary intertidal foraminiferal distributions of mangrove environments from Cleveland Bay, Great Barrier Reef Shelf, Australia: implications for sea-level reconstructions. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 35, 259-270. Download pdf

2004

Bateman, M. D., Holmes, P. J., Carr, A. S., Horton, B. P., and Manoj, K. J., 2004. Aeolianite and Barrier Dune Construction spanning the Last Two Glacial-Interglacial Cycles from Southern Cape Coast, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, 1681-1698. Download pdf

Horton, B. P. 2004. Is climate changing? Geography Review, 18 (2), 2-6.

Horton, B. P., Innes, J. B., Shennan, I. and Lloyd, J. M., 2004. A contribution to the history of coastal change in East Norfolk: palaeoenvironmental data from Somerton and Winterton Holmes. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 115, 209-220. Download pdf

Sawai, Y. Nagumo, T. and Horton, B. P., 2004. Diatom-based elevation transfer function along the Pacific coast of eastern Hokkadio, northern Japan - an aid in paleo-seismic study along the coasts near Kurile subduction zone. Journal of Quaternary Science, 23, 2467-2484. Download pdf

Sawai, Y., Satake, K., Kamataki, T., Nasu, H., Shishikura, M., Atwater, B. F., Horton, B. P., Kelsey, H., Nagumo, T., Yamaguchi, M., 2004. Transient uplift after a 17th-century earthquake along the Kuril trench. Science, 206, 1918-1920. Download pdf and supplement

2003

Burt, T. B. and Horton, B. P., 2003. The climate of Malham Tarn. Field studies, 10, 635-652.

Horton, B. P., Larcombe, P., Woodroffe, S. E., Whittaker, J. E., Wright, M. W. and Wynn, C., 2003. Contemporary foraminiferal distributions of the Great Barrier Reef coastline, Australia: implications for sea-level reconstructions. Marine Geology, 3320, 1-19. Download pdf

Horton, B. P. and Edwards R. J., 2003. Seasonal distributions of foraminifera and their implications for sea-level studies. SEPM Special Publication No. 75, 21-30. Download pdf

Shennan, I., Coulthard, T., Flather, R., Horton, B. P., Macklin, M., Rees, J. and Wright, M. R., 2003. Integration of shelf evolution and river basin models to simulate Holocene sediment dynamics of the Humber Estuary during periods of sea-level change and variations in catchment sediment supply. The Science of the Total Environment, 314-316, 737-754. Download pdf

2002

Peltier, W.R., Shennan, I., Drummond, R. and Horton, B. P. 2002. On the post-glacial isostatic adjustment of the British Isles and the shallow visco-elastic structure of the Earth. Geophysical Journal International, 148, 443-475 Download pdf

Shennan, I. and Horton, B. P., 2002. Relative sea-level changes and crustal movements of the UK, Journal of Quaternary Science, 16 (5-6), 511-526. Download pdf

Shennan, I., Peltier, W.R., Drummond, R. and Horton, B. P. 2002. Global to local scale parameters determining relative sea-level changes and the post-glacial isostatic adjustment of Great Britain. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 397-408. Download pdf

2001

Burt, T. P. and Horton, B. P., 2001. The natural history of the Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve XXII: the climate of Slapton Ley. Field Studies, 10(1), 93-114.

Horton, B. P., 2001. 'I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand' - putting learning models into practice. Planet, 2, 12-15. Download pdf

Horton, B. P. and Edwards R. J., 2001. Quantitative Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction techniques in Sea-level Studies. Archaeology in the Severn Estuary, 11, 105-120.

2000

Edwards, R. J. and Horton, B. P., 2000. Reconstructing relative sea-level change using UK salt-marsh foraminifera. Marine Geology. 169 (1-2), 41-56. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., Edwards, R. J. and Lloyd, J. M., 2000. Implications of a microfossil transfer function in Holocene sea-level studies. In: Shennan, I. and Andrews, J. E. (eds.) Holocene land-ocean interaction and environmental change around the western North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication, 166, 41-54.

Metcalfe, S. E., Ellis, S., Horton, B. P., Innes, J. B., McArthur, J. J., Mitlehner, A., Parkes, A., Pethick, J. S., Rees, J. G., Ridgway, J., Rutherford, M. M., Shennan, I. and Tooley, M. J., 2000. The Holocene evolution of the Humber estuary: reconstructing change in a dynamic environment. In: Shennan, I. and Andrews, J. E. (eds.) Holocene land-ocean interaction and environmental change around the western North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication, 166.

Plater, A. J., Horton, B. P., Haworth, E. Y., Rutherford, M. M., Zong, Y., Wright, M. R., and Appleby, P. G., 2000. Holocene tidal levels and sedimentation rates using a diatom-based palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: the Tees estuary, northeastern England The Holocene, 10, 4, 441-552. Download pdf

Plater, A. J., Ridgway, J., Rayner, B., Shennan, I., Horton, B. P., Haworth, E. Y., Wright, M. R. and Wintle, A. G., 2000. Sediment provenance and flux in the Tees estuary: the record from the Late Devensian to the present. In: Shennan, I. and Andrews, J. E. (eds.) Holocene land-ocean interaction and environmental change around the western North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication, 166.

Ridgway, J., Andrews, J. E., Ellis, S., Horton, B. P., Innes, J. B., Knox, R. W. O'B., McArthur, J. J., Maher, B. A., Metcalfe, S. E., Mitlehner, A., Parkes, A., Rees, J. G., Samways, G. M. and Shennan, I., 2000. Analysis and interpretation of Holocene Sedimentary sequences: techniques applied in the Humber Estuary. In: Shennan, I. and Andrews, J. E. (eds.) Holocene land-ocean interaction and environmental change around the western North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication, 166.

Shennan, I., Horton, B. P., Innes, J. B., Lloyd, J. L., McArthur, J. J., and Rutherford, M. M., 2000a. Holocene crustal movements and relative sea-level changes on the east coast of England. In: Shennan, I. and Andrews, J. E. (eds.) Holocene land-ocean interaction and environmental change around the western North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication, 166, 275-298.

Shennan, I., Horton, B. P., Innes, J. B., Gehrels, W. R., Lloyd, J. M., McArthur, J. J. and Rutherford, M. M., 2000b. Late Quaternary sea-level changes, crustal movements and coastal evolution in Northumberland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 15, 3, 215-237. Download pdf

Shennan, I., Lambeck, K., Flather, R., Wingfield, R. Horton, B. P., McArthur, J. J., Innes, J. B., Lloyd, J. L., and Rutherford, M. M., 2000c. Modelling western North Sea palaeogeographies and tidal changes during the Holocene. In: Shennan, I. and Andrews, J. E. (eds.) Holocene land-ocean interaction and environmental change around the western North Sea. Geological Society Special Publication, 166, 299-319.

Shennan, I., Lambeck, K., Horton, B. P., Innes, J. B., Lloyd, J. M., McArthur, J. J., Purcell, A. and Rutherford, M. M., 2000d. Late Devensian and Holocene records of relative sea-level changes in northwest Scotland and their implications for glacio-hydro-isostatic modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews, 19, 1103-1135. Download pdf

1999

Horton, B. P., 1999. The contemporary distribution of intertidal foraminifera of Cowpen Marsh, Tees Estuary, UK: implications for studies of Holocene sea-level changes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Special Issue, 149 (1-4), 127-149. Download pdf

Horton, B. P., Edwards, R. J. and Lloyd, J. M., 1999a. Reconstruction of former sea levels using a foraminiferal-based transfer function. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 29 (2), 117-129.

Horton, B. P., Edwards, R. J. and Lloyd, J. M., 1999b. UK intertidal foraminiferal distributions: implications for sea-level studies. Marine Micropaleonotology, 36, 205-223. Download pdf

Zong, Y. and Horton, B. P., 1999. Diatom-based tidal-level transfer functions as an aid in reconstructing Quaternary history of sea-level movements in Britain. Journal of Quaternary Science, 14 (2), 153-167. Download pdf