“…3.5 kya). This pattern may be attributed to the expansion of lakes, sloughs, marshes, and swamps throughout the peninsular interior (Arnold et al ., 2018; Donders, 2014; Lammertsma et al ., 2015; Pollock et al ., 2017), resulting in decreased hydrologic gradients and reduced sediment export to the coast. Paleotempest studies along the Florida Gulf Coast, from the Shark River slough (Yao et al ., 2020) to the Panhandle (Liu and Fearn, 2000), suggest that the interval ca .…”