Limitations/Future Directions

Data regarding the Foraminifera for this study could have been greatly improved given a greater

timespan for research and more experience. While increasing total populations of Elphidium and Am-

monia, as well as the presence of Globigerinida offered up good corroborating evidence for the pres- ence of paleohurricanes in this record, heavier sampling in areas both where paleohurricanes seem to have occurred and where they haven’t would greatly benefit not only the quality of evidence for these events, but perhaps the resolution as well. Heavier sampling and more careful examination of foramini- fers under a scanning electron microscope may reveal more genera than identified here, which could allow future researchers to more clearly see when paleohurricane events altered the normal foraminifer counts, perhaps more exactly when these interruptions occurred. In addition, more indicator taxa like Globigerinida may help further evidence said cyclone activity.

Additional evidence could also be provided by the collection of more cores around the SCVC 03 location, as well as by obtaining more dates for SCVC 02 and SCVC 01 in order to better corroborate pos- sible paleohurricane events across cores. Given that sand or mud layers that appear that have been caused by cyclone activity in SCVC 03 show up in several cores in areas that appear to be from the same time period, the current record may for St. Catherines Island may become even clearer.

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