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Eustatic Rise
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Proxy Data: Coral Reef Terraces and Foraminifera
The position of ancient coral reef terraces, which typically grow perpendicular to the prevailing sea level, provides excellent markers for past highstands. However, interpretation is complicated by the fact that corals themselves must be corrected for tectonic uplift rates—a process that frequently requires subtraction of the local subsidence rate derived from adjacent, tectonically stable basement uplands ([Coastal Inundation, this volume](/entrie…