A New Model for Coastal Resource Productivity and Sea-Level Change: The Role of Physical Sedimentary Processes in Assessing the Archaeological Potential of Submerged Landscapes from the Northwest Australian Continental Shelf

AbstractIn this contribution, a case is made for the significance of sedimentation and sea-level change for groundwater management of coastal areas. In groundwater practice these geological processes are rarely considered. The role of sediment loading in causing anomalous fluid pressures and flow fields in relatively shallow aquifer systems is discussed and illustrated via both case studies and generic modelling studies. The role of sea-level changes in controlling current salinity distributions is discussed likewise. Central in the discussion is the concept of memory of groundwater systems, which provides the basic reason why processes that were operative in the geological past are still of relevance today. It is argued and shown that awareness and knowledge of the influence of sediment loading and sea level change on current hydrological conditions can lead to improved characterization of the distribution of hydraulic parameters and of the distribution of water quality in coastal areas. This improved characterization, in turn, serves to enhance the validity of impact assessment studies for the long-term development and management of those areas.

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Climate variability and sea level change during the Holocene: Insights from an inorganic multi-proxy approach in the SE Brazilian continental shelf

Quaternary International ◽

10.1016/j.quaint.2018.11.011 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 508 ◽

pp. 125-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Letícia Lazzari ◽

Angela L.R. Wagener ◽

Renato S. Carreira ◽

José Marcus O. Godoy ◽

Gonzalo Carrasco ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Variability ◽

Continental Shelf ◽

Sea Level ◽

Sea Level Change ◽

The Holocene ◽

Level Change ◽

And Sea Level

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Esmark's End Moraine and the Glacial Theory from a British Perspective

Earth Sciences History ◽

10.17704/eshi.27.1.6184m4v727vg0403 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 12-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peter Worsley

Keyword(s):

Sea Level ◽

Younger Dryas ◽

Sea Level Change ◽

Glacial Geology ◽

Continental Scale ◽

Level Change ◽

British Perspective ◽

And Sea Level

An end moraine (Vassryggen) and associated sandur, described by Jens Esmark as early as 1824, was the first pre-Neoglacial glacigenic landform association to be recognised as such. It formed the most important element of a range of evidence used by Esmark in support of his continental-scale glaciation hypothesis. The career of Esmark, who became a foundation professor of the Royal Frederick University in Christiania (Oslo), is outlined and his influence on the development of the glacial theory in Britain is appraised, as is the role of his associate Robert Jameson in Edinburgh. A sketch of the glacial geology of the Forsand area of southwest Norway examines the Vassryggen and allied landforms in the context of deglaciation and sea level change at the close of the Younger Dryas stadial.

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