Holocene sea-level change and coastal landscape evolution in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

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ID12267441
AutoresCraig R Slo (0000-0001-8694-6822, Queensland University of Technology, autor correspondente), Luke D Nothdurft (0000-0001-9646-9070, Queensland University of Technology), Luke Nothdurft (Queensland University of Technology), Quan Hua (0000-0003-0179-8539, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Shoshannah G O’Connor (Queensland University of Technology), Patrick Mo (0000-0003-1546-9242, The University of Queensland), Patrick T Moss (The University of Queensland), Daniel Rosendahl (0000-0003-0360-3969, College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University), Lynda Petherick (0000-0002-1606-4303, Victoria University of Wellington), Lynda M Petherick (Victoria University of Wellington), Rachel Nanson (0000-0001-5814-3061, Geoscience Australia), Rachel A Nanson (Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide, Australia. Current address: Environmental Geoscience Division, Geoscience Australia, Australia), Lydia L Mackenzie (0000-0003-4842-3021, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Alison Sternes (Queensland University of Technology), Geraldine Jacobsen (0000-0002-9644-5877, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Geraldine E Jacobsen (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Sean Ulm (0000-0001-6653-9963, College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University)
Ano2018
Volume28
Fascículo9
Páginas1411-1430
Data de publicação2018-06-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Holocene (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0959683618777070
OpenAlexW2810226984
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas99

A revised Holocene sea-level history for the southern Gulf of Carpentaria is presented based on new data from the South Wellesley Archipelago and age recalibration of previous research. Results confirm that rising sea levels during the most recent post-glacial marine transgression breached the Arafura Sill ca. 11,700 cal. yr BP. Sea levels continued to rise to ca. –30 m by 10,000 cal. yr BP, leading to full marine conditions. By 7700 cal. yr BP, sea-level reached present mean sea-level (PMSL) and continued to rise to an elevation of between 1.5 m and 2 m above PMSL. Sea level remained ca. + 1.5 between 7000 and 4000 cal. yr BP, followed by rapid regression to within ± 0.5 m of PMSL by ca. 3500 cal. yr BP. When placed into a wider regional context results from this study show that coastal landscape evolution in the tropical north of Australia was not only dependent on sea-level change but also show a direct correlation with Holocene climate variability. Specifically, the formation and preservation of beach-rock deposits, intertidal successions, beach and chenier ridge systems hold valuable sea-level and Holocene climate proxies that can contribute to the growing research into lower latitude Holocene sea-level and climate histories

Archipelago · Carpentaria · Climate change · Context (archaeology · Holocene · Intertidal zone · Marine transgression · Sea level · Geological formations and processes · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology