Geological subsidence and sinking islands

The case of Manono (Samoa)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6038588
AutoresChristophe Sand (0000-0003-3191-0536, CS, JB, DB, A‐JO : Institute of Archaeology of New Caledonia and the Pacific (IANCP)), Jacques Bolé (CS, JB, DB, A‐JO : Institute of Archaeology of New Caledonia and the Pacific (IANCP)), David Baret (CS, JB, DB, A‐JO : Institute of Archaeology of New Caledonia and the Pacific (IANCP)), André-John Ouetcho, André‐john Ouetcho (CS, JB, DB, A‐JO : Institute of Archaeology of New Caledonia and the Pacific (IANCP)), Fiona Petchey (0000-0002-3308-9983, FP, AH : Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory University of Waikato), Angela Hogg (0000-0002-4001-9027, FP, AH : Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory University of Waikato), Alan Hogg, Tautala Asaua (TA : Center for Samoan Studies National University of Samoa)
Año2016
Volumen51
Número2
Páginas99-107
Fecha de publicación2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/arco.5099
OpenAlexW773123120
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas12

W.R. Dickinson, as part of his wide study of the geological history of the Pacific islands, has linked the unique case of the deeply submerged Lapita site of Mulifanua in western Upolu (Samoa) to the slow subsidence of Upolu island. Recent archaeological research on the neighbouring small island of Manono has yielded new and detailed data on this geological process. A series of new dates has allowed us to define the speed of the subsidence and demonstrate the massive environmental changes to which the local population has had to adapt over the past 2000 years

Ground subsidence · Mining engineering · Subsidence · Geological and Geophysical Studies · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology