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Fossil rhodoliths from 10 to 15 cm in diameter are equal in size to contemporary rhodoliths that survive for a century or more at water depths undisturbed by all but the most energetic storms. The shape of large rhodoliths makes them susceptible to rare disturbances with sufficient energy to export them beyond their preferred habitat into extreme environments that include supratidal settings. The methodology of this study gauges the relative sphericity of rhodoliths based on measurements across three axes perpendicular to one another, plots size variations on bar graphs, and considers whether or not individual nodules are nucleated around rock cores eroded from proximal rocky shores. Sal Island is impacted on a steady basis by wave swell generated from the Northeast Trade Winds, but Pleistocene and Holocene deposits with large rhodoliths on the Island\u2019s windward coast are interpreted as the result of major storms of hurricane intensity. Comparison of Sal Island rhodoliths with Pliocene and Miocene examples from other insular localities in the Northeast Atlantic considers evidence for displacement of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) into more northern latitudes as an influence on past hurricane tracks that are less common today.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/geosciences10110419","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,23]],"date-time":"2020-10-23T08:59:28Z","timestamp":1603443568000},"page":"419","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Storm-Related Rhodolith Deposits from the Upper Pleistocene and Recycled Coastal Holocene on Sal Island (Cabo Verde Archipelago)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3191-2673","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Markes E.","family":"Johnson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA"}]},{"given":"Ricardo","family":"Ramalho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade de Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal"},{"name":"Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade de Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal"},{"name":"School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen\u2019s Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK"},{"name":"Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Comer Geochemistry Building, P.O. 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