Late Holocene (0–6 ka) sea-level changes in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia
Maren Bender
Thomas Mann
Paolo Stocchi
Dominik Kneer
Tilo Schöne
Julia Illigner
Jamaluddin Jompa
Alessio Rovere
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.
Bender M., Mann T., Stocchi P., Kneer D., Schöne T., Illigner J., Jompa J. and Rovere A. (2020) Late Holocene (0–6 ka) sea-level changes in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia. Climate of the past 16(4): 1187-1205. 10.5194/cp-16-1187-2020
@article{Bender2020,
Title = {Late Holocene (0–6 ka) sea-level changes in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia},
Author = {Bender, Maren and Mann, Thomas and Stocchi, Paolo and Kneer, Dominik and Schöne, Tilo and Illigner, Julia and Jompa, Jamaluddin and Rovere, Alessio},
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Journal = {Climate of the past},
Year = {2020},
Pages = {1187-1205},
Volume = {16},
Doi = {10.5194/cp-16-1187-2020},
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.},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Bender, Maren
AU - Mann, Thomas
AU - Stocchi, Paolo
AU - Kneer, Dominik
AU - Schöne, Tilo
AU - Illigner, Julia
AU - Jompa, Jamaluddin
AU - Rovere, Alessio
TI - Late Holocene (0–6 ka) sea-level changes in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia
T2 - Climate of the past
PY - 2020
SP - 1187-1205
VL - 16
DO - 10.5194/cp-16-1187-2020
AB - 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.
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