scholarly journals Hominin Dispersal and Settlement East of Huxley’s Line: The Role of Sea Level Changes, Island Size, and Subsistence Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (S17) ◽  
pp. S567-S582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue O’Connor ◽  
Julien Louys ◽  
Shimona Kealy ◽  
Sofía C. Samper Carro
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Island Size ◽  
Hominin Dispersal

A new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, belonging to the Lerista allanae clade but strongly disjunct from other members of the clade

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4613 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-171
Author(s):  
ANDREW P. AMEY ◽  
PATRICK J. COUPER ◽  
JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Cape York ◽  
A New Species

A species of the skink genus Lerista is described from Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.  The species is biogeographically interesting as it appears to be separated by at least 500 km from its nearest relatives, members of the Lerista allanae clade.  The role of Pleistocene sea level changes altering availability of suitable habitat for these sand specialists is discussed as a possible driver of isolation and speciation. 

The role of hydro-isostasy for Holocene sea-level changes in the British Isles

1995 ◽  
Vol 124 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Holocene Sea Level

Distribution and palaeogeography of two Mallee species of Eucalyptus in Southern Australia

1969 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 323 ◽  
Author(s):  
RF Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Continuous Distribution ◽  
Effective Rainfall ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Plain Area ◽  
Rising Sea Levels

The present distributions of Eucalyptus diversifolia and E. incrassata are described and disjunctions indicated. It is suggested that a former continuous distribution of both species has been fragmented by rising sea-levels in the Quaternary, and that E. diversifolia was more widespread during a period of lower effective rainfall than the present. It is proposed that Quaternary sea-level changes are of importance in the interpretation of the palaeogeography of plant and animal species with disjunctions in the Nullarbor and Roe Plain area. The nature and role of edaphic barriers to migration in this area are also assessed.

Event deposits: the role of sediment supply and relative sea-level changes—overview

1996 ◽  
Vol 104 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 11-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Einsele
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Sediment Supply ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level

Evolutionary history of a widespread Indo-Pacific goby: The role of Pleistocene sea-level changes on demographic contraction/expansion dynamics

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 566-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Bernard Hoareau ◽  
Emilie Boissin ◽  
Patrick Berrebi
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
History Of

Late Quaternary relative sea-level changes and the role of glaciation upon continental shelves

Terra Nova ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-P. Plag ◽  
W.E.N. Austin ◽  
D.F. Belknap ◽  
R.J.N. Devoy ◽  
J. England ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Continental Shelves

scholarly journals Modelling the vertical motions of the Alboran Sea since the Messinian salinity crisis: Topographic reconstruction and glacial-isostatic sea-level effects 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanneke Heida ◽  
Daniel Garcia-Castellanos ◽  
Ivone Jiménez-Munt ◽  
Ferran Estrada ◽  
Gemma Ercilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Messinian Salinity Crisis ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Strait Of Gibraltar ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Isostatic Adjustment ◽  
Alboran Basin ◽  
Mass Shifts

<p>The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) was caused and terminated by changes in the Atlantic-Mediterranean connectivity in the western end of the Alboran Basin, a complex tectonic area affected by the Iberia-Africa collision and the presence of a subducted lithospheric slab beneath the Betic-Rif orogen.</p><p>The isostatic, tectonic and erosional effects on surface topography work on different spatial and temporal scales, and their relative contributions to the changes in connectivity and subsequent evaporite deposition and sea-level drop are difficult to constrain.</p><p>We perform 2D-planform flexural isostatic modeling using the Messinian Erosion Surface imaged in the Alboran Basin to reconstruct the topography and vertical motions of this region since the end of the MSC. The results constrain the original depth of the Messinian erosional features to test their consistency against the various models proposed for Mediterranean sea-level changes during the MSC. <br>We apply Glacial Isostatic Adjustment theory to quantify the time response of these vertical motions to the large MSC-related mass shifts (salinification, evaporite deposition and a kilometer-scale sea-level drop),  and their gravitational effects on sea-level in the Mediterranean. In particular, models for the Strait of Gibraltar allowus to identify the potential role of these effects as feedback mechanisms influencing the rates and duration of changes in the Atlantic-Mediterranean connectivity at the straits.  We will explore the possible implications of these for the timing of the closure of the last Atlantic-Mediterranean seaway.</p>

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