Middle to Late Holocene relative sea-level changes recorded on the coast of Apulia (Italy) / Variations relatives du niveau marin pendant l'Holocène moyen et supérieur le long des côtes méridionales des Pouilles (Italie)

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Auriemma ◽  
Giuseppe Mastronuzzi ◽  
Paolo Sansò
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level

Late Holocene sea-level changes and isostasy in western Denmark

2006 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Roland Gehrels ◽  
Katie Szkornik ◽  
Jesper Bartholdy ◽  
Jason R. Kirby ◽  
Sarah L. Bradley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Glacial Isostatic Adjustment ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Isostatic Adjustment ◽  
Tidal Embayment ◽  
Made In

AbstractCores and exposed cliff sections in salt marshes around Ho Bugt, a tidal embayment in the northernmost part of the Danish Wadden Sea, were subjected to 14C dating and litho- and biostratigraphical analyses to reconstruct paleoenvironmental changes and to establish a late Holocene relative sea-level history. Four stages in the late Holocene development of Ho Bugt can be identified: (1) groundwater-table rise and growth of basal peat (from at least 2300 BC to AD 0); (2) salt-marsh formation (0 to AD 250); (3) a freshening phase (AD 250 to AD 1600?), culminating in the drying out of the marshes and producing a distinct black horizon followed by an aeolian phase with sand deposition; and (4) renewed salt-marsh deposition (AD 1600? to present). From 16 calibrated AMS radiocarbon ages on fossil plant fragments and 4 calibrated conventional radiocarbon ages on peat, we reconstructed a local relative sea-level history that shows a steady sea-level rise of 4 m since 4000 cal yr BP. Contrary to suggestions made in the literature, the relative sea-level record of Ho Bugt does not contain a late Holocene highstand. Relative sea-level changes at Ho Bugt are controlled by glacio-isostatic subsidence and can be duplicated by a glacial isostatic adjustment model in which no water is added to the world's oceans after ca. 5000 cal yr BP.

scholarly journals Geomorphology of the Coastal Sand Dune Fields and Their Association with the Palaeolandscape Evolution of Akrotiri Peninsula, Lemesos, Cyprus

Geosciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 448
Author(s):  
Miltiadis Polidorou ◽  
Niki Evelpidou
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Sand Dune ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Coastal Sand Dune ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Upper Pleistocene ◽  
Dune Field ◽  
Coastal Sand

Two well-developed late Pleistocene dune fields have been identified on the western and eastern side of Akrotiri promontory (Lemesos, Cyprus). The dune fields extend immediately from the low level of their source beaches onto higher ground (>48 m amsl). Geomorphic observations supported by OSL dating and sedimentological data provided evidence of the dune development and for the palaeogeographic reconstruction of the area. Relative sea level changes and wave action during the upper Pleistocene and Holocene played an important role into the development of the palaeolandscape and affected the formation of the dunes. From the collected data the development of the western dune field started at 56.2 ± 5.5 ka when the relative sea level was at approximately −60 m and contributed to the development of the western tombolo of the area whereas the eastern dune field developed in the late Holocene, after the formation of the eastern spit that resulted in the formation of the Akrotiri Salt lake.

Reconstructing late Holocene relative sea-level changes at the Magdalen Islands (Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada) using multi-proxy analyses

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Barnett ◽  
Pascal Bernatchez ◽  
Michelle Garneau ◽  
Marie-Noëlle Juneau
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Magdalen Islands

scholarly journals Relative sea-level changes and glacio-isostatic adjustment on the Magdalen Islands archipelago (Atlantic Canada) from MIS 5 to the late Holocene

2017 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 216-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey M. Rémillard ◽  
Guillaume St-Onge ◽  
Pascal Bernatchez ◽  
Bernard Hétu ◽  
Jan-Pieter Buylaert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Isostatic Adjustment ◽  
Mis 5 ◽  
Magdalen Islands

Late Holocene relative sea-level changes in Lebanon, Eastern Mediterranean

2006 ◽  
Vol 230 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 99-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Morhange ◽  
Paolo A. Pirazzoli ◽  
Nick Marriner ◽  
Lucien F. Montaggioni ◽  
Tanios Nammour
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level

scholarly journals Late Holocene (0–6 ka) sea-level changes in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1187-1205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maren Bender ◽  
Thomas Mann ◽  
Paolo Stocchi ◽  
Dominik Kneer ◽  
Tilo Schöne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Glacial Isostatic Adjustment ◽  
Mantle Structure ◽  
Ice Melting ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
Isostatic Adjustment ◽  
Spermonde Archipelago

Abstract. The Spermonde Archipelago, off the coast of southwest Sulawesi, consists of more than 100 small islands and hundreds of shallow-water reef areas. Most of the islands are bordered by coral reefs that grew in the past in response to paleo relative sea-level changes. Remnants of these reefs are preserved today in the form of fossil microatolls. In this study, we report the elevation, age, and paleo relative sea-level estimates derived from fossil microatolls surveyed in five islands of the Spermonde Archipelago. We describe 24 new sea-level index points, and we compare our dataset with both previously published proxies and with relative sea-level predictions from a set of 54 glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) models, using different assumptions on both ice melting histories and mantle structure and viscosity. We use our new data and models to discuss Late Holocene (0–6 ka) relative sea-level changes in our study area and their implications in terms of modern relative sea-level estimates in the broader South and Southeast Asia region.

scholarly journals New insights on the relative sea level changes during the Late Holocene along the coast of Paros Island and the northern Cyclades (Greece)

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Kolaiti ◽  
Nikos Mourtzas
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Recent Change ◽  
Hellenistic Period ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
History Of

Geomorphological and archaeological indicators of former sea levels along the coast of Paros enabled us to determine and date six distinct sea level stands and the relative sea level (rsl) changes between them, as well as plot the rsl curve for the last 6,300 years. The Late Holocene history of the rsl change in Paros began with the sea level at 4.90 ± 0.10 m below mean sea level (bmsl) dated to the Late Neolithic period (4300 BC-3700 BC). The next sea level at 3.50 ± 0.20 m bmsl is dated to the Geometric and Archaic period of the Cyclades (1050 BC-490 BC) and most probably lasted during the Hellenistic period (323-146 BC). The sea level at 2.40 ± 0.25 m bmsl is dated to the Roman period (146-400 AD) and the next sea level at 1.35 ± 0.20 m bmsl to the Venetian period of the Cyclades (1207-1537). The sea level at 0.80 ± 0.10 m bmsl is dated to after the Venetian period, during the Ottoman rule of the island (1537-1821). The youngest sea level stand at 0.45 ± 0.10 m is attributed to the recent change in the sea level after the late 19th c. onward. The separation between glacio-hydro-isostatic signals and the observed rsl change on Paros Island, in an area of seismic quiescence, demonstrates a significant tectonic component in the rsl changes. Moreover, the sea level stands deduced from Paros in comparison with those from the northern Cyclades indicate a uniform tectonic behaviour of the entire northern and central section of the Cyclades plateau.

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