Evidence of Late Holocene shoreline progradation in the coast of Kerala, South India obtained from OSL dating of palaeo-beach ridges

AbstractA radiocarbon-dated series of 75 beach ridges, formed at regular intervals averaging 72 yr over the past 5400 yr, provides further support for the existence of a 70-yr oscillation in Northern Hemisphere climate, postulated recently from instrument data representing less than two cycles of this climate oscillation. Results from this study lend support to the interpretation that internal variations in the ocean–atmosphere system are an important factor in climate fluctuations on a decadal–centennial time scale. A temperature oscillation with a period of about 70 yr has been a previously unrecognized but fundamental part of the global climate system since at least the middle Holocene.

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Middle to late Holocene alluvial history of the northeast monsoon dominated coastal tropical rivers of south India

Quaternary International ◽

10.1016/j.quaint.2021.09.012 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hema Achyuthan

Keyword(s):

Late Holocene ◽

South India ◽

Northeast Monsoon ◽

Tropical Rivers ◽

History Of

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Holocene shoreline progradation and coastal evolution at Guichen and Rivoli Bays, southern Australia

The Holocene ◽

10.1177/0959683619875815 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 106-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas SN Oliver ◽

Colin V Murray-Wallace ◽

Colin D Woodroffe

Keyword(s):

Sea Level ◽

South Australia ◽

Narrow Channel ◽

Sediment Supply ◽

Osl Dating ◽

Sea Levels ◽

Wave Refraction ◽

The North ◽

Ground Penetrating ◽

Shoreline Progradation

Prograded barrier systems record shoreline behaviour and palaeoenvironmental information. The Guichen Bay Holocene embayment fill succession in South Australia has been subject to several prominent studies; however, several important unanswered questions remained regarding the timing of the older ridge sets at this site. Additional Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating indicates that progradation commenced in the southeastern corner of the plain ~7300 years ago and was rapid between ~5800 and ~5000 years ago. To augment this record, three OSL dating transects were constructed at nearby Rivoli Bay in the north, central and south. Rapid progradation occurred in the south and then north of the Rivoli plain until ~5000 years ago. Steady progradation occurred in the centre of the plain between ~5000 years ago and present. Rapid shoreline progradation at Guichen and Rivoli Bays before ~5000 years ago was due to the input of sediment from the erosion of Robe and Woakwine Ranges and the inner continental shelf as sea levels rose to present. Raised beach strata imaged with Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) at Rivoli Bay suggest a sea-level highstand of +2 m above present ~3500 years ago, steadily falling and reaching the present ~1000 years ago. This concurs with evidence from Guichen Bay and may have promoted shoreline progradation. Sediment infilling of Guichen and Rivoli Bays and the fall in sea level restricted the marine corridor between the Woakwine and Robe Ranges to a narrow channel by ~4000 and ~2000 years in the north and south, respectively. Holocene shoreline behaviour was influenced by changing sediment supply and shoreline reorientation with changing wave refraction patterns.

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Luminescence dating of beach ridges for characterizing multi-decadal to centennial deltaic shoreline changes during Late Holocene, Mekong River delta

Marine Geology ◽

10.1016/j.margeo.2012.08.004 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 326-328 ◽

pp. 140-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Toru Tamura ◽

Yoshiki Saito ◽

Mark D. Bateman ◽

V. Lap Nguyen ◽

T.K. Oanh Ta ◽

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Keyword(s):

Late Holocene ◽

River Delta ◽

Luminescence Dating ◽

Mekong River ◽

Beach Ridges ◽

Shoreline Changes ◽

Mekong River Delta

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Holocene Coastal Environments near Pompeii before the A.D. 79 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy

Quaternary Research ◽

10.1006/qres.2000.2186 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 77-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Tullio Pescatore ◽

Maria Rosaria Senatore ◽

Giovanna Capretto ◽

Gaia Lerro

Keyword(s):

Coastal Plain ◽

Sedimentary Basin ◽

Coastal Environments ◽

Present Position ◽

Beach Ridge ◽

Pyroclastic Material ◽

Beach Ridges ◽

Shoreline Progradation ◽

The City ◽

Sarno River

AbstractStudies of some 70 bore holes around ancient Pompeii, on the southwestern slope of the Somma-Vesuvius volcano, allow the reconstruction of Holocene environments earlier than the A.D. 79 eruption. This eruption produced about 10 km3 of pyroclastic material that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae and promoted a shoreline progradation of 1 km. The Sarno coastal plain, in a post-Miocene sedimentary basin, has been affected by Somma-Vesuvius volcanic activity since the late Pleistocene. At the Holocene transgressive maximum, the sea reached an area east of ancient Pompeii and formed a beach ridge (Messigno, 5600 and 4500 14C yr B.P.) more than 2 km inland from the present shore. Progradation of the plain due to high volcanic supply during the following highstand resulted in a new beach ridge (Bottaro-Pioppaino, 3600 14C yr B.P.) 0.5 km seaward of the Messigno ridge. Ancient Pompeii was built as the shoreline continued to prograde toward its present position. Deposits of the A.D. 79 eruption blanketed the natural levees of the Sarno River, marshes near the city and on the Sarno's floodplain, the morphological highs of Messigno and Bottaro-Pioppaino beach ridges, and the seashore. That shore was probably 1 km landward of the present one.

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Late Holocene surface ruptures on the southern Wairarapa fault, New Zealand: Link between earthquakes and the uplifting of beach ridges on a rocky coast

Lithosphere ◽

10.1130/l7.1 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 4-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

T.A. Little ◽

R. Van Dissen ◽

E. Schermer ◽

R. Carne

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Late Holocene ◽

Beach Ridges ◽

Surface Ruptures ◽

Rocky Coast

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Late Pleistocene and Late Holocene Lake Highstands in the Pyramid Lake Subbasin of Lake Lahontan, Nevada, USA

Quaternary Research ◽

10.1016/j.yqres.2005.02.011 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 257-263 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Richard W. Briggs ◽

Steven G. Wesnousky ◽

Kenneth D. Adams

Keyword(s):

Sierra Nevada ◽

Late Pleistocene ◽

Late Holocene ◽

Large Lakes ◽

Western Basin ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

Beach Ridges ◽

Climate Proxy ◽

Pyramid Lake ◽

Proxy Records

AbstractShoreline geomorphology, shoreline stratigraphy, and radiocarbon dates of organic material incorporated in constructional beach ridges record large lakes during the late Pleistocene and late Holocene in the Pyramid Lake subbasin of Lake Lahontan, Nevada, USA. During the late Holocene, a transgression began at or after 3595 ± 35 14C yr B.P. and continued, perhaps in pulses, through 2635 ± 40 14C yr B.P., resulting in a lake as high as 1199 m. During the latest Pleistocene and overlapping with the earliest part of the Younger Dryas interval, a lake stood at approximately 1212 m at 10,820 ± 35 14C yr B.P. and a geomorphically and stratigraphically distinct suite of constructional shorelines associated with this lake can be traced to 1230 m. These two lake highstands correspond to periods of elevated regional wetness in the western Basin and Range that are not clearly represented in existing northern Sierra Nevada climate proxy records.

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Supplemental Material: Early Holocene weakening and mid- to late Holocene strengthening of the East Asian winter monsoon

10.1130/geol.s.12501833.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Shugang Kang ◽

et al.

Keyword(s):

Late Holocene ◽

East Asian Winter Monsoon ◽

East Asian ◽

Original Data ◽

Winter Monsoon ◽

Osl Dating ◽

Early Holocene ◽

Asian Winter Monsoon

Details of sampling, quartz OSL dating, Bayesian age-depth model, proxy measurements and implications, normalization and stacking, and original data for Figure 2.<br>

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