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Half-metre sea-level fluctuations on centennial timescales from mid-Holocene corals of Southeast Asia

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  • Aron J. Meltzner

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Adam D. Switzer

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
    Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University
    Complexity Institute, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Benjamin P. Horton

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
    Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University
    Rutgers University
    Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University)

  • Erica Ashe

    (Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
    Rutgers University)

  • Qiang Qiu

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
    Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)

  • David F. Hill

    (School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University)

  • Sarah L. Bradley

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University
    Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, Netherlands)

  • Robert E. Kopp

    (Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
    Rutgers University
    Rutgers Energy Institute, Rutgers University)

  • Emma M. Hill

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
    Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Jędrzej M. Majewski

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
    Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Danny H. Natawidjaja

    (Research Center for Geotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Kompleks LIPI)

  • Bambang W. Suwargadi

    (Research Center for Geotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Kompleks LIPI)

Abstract

Sea-level rise is a global problem, yet to forecast future changes, we must understand how and why relative sea level (RSL) varied in the past, on local to global scales. In East and Southeast Asia, details of Holocene RSL are poorly understood. Here we present two independent high-resolution RSL proxy records from Belitung Island on the Sunda Shelf. These records capture spatial variations in glacial isostatic adjustment and paleotidal range, yet both reveal a RSL history between 6850 and 6500 cal years BP that includes two 0.6 m fluctuations, with rates of RSL change reaching 13±4 mm per year (2σ). Observations along the south coast of China, although of a lower resolution, reveal fluctuations similar in amplitude and timing to those on the Sunda Shelf. The consistency of the Southeast Asian records, from sites 2,600 km apart, suggests that the records reflect regional changes in RSL that are unprecedented in modern times.

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  • Aron J. Meltzner & Adam D. Switzer & Benjamin P. Horton & Erica Ashe & Qiang Qiu & David F. Hill & Sarah L. Bradley & Robert E. Kopp & Emma M. Hill & Jędrzej M. Majewski & Danny H. Natawidjaja & Bamba, 2017. "Half-metre sea-level fluctuations on centennial timescales from mid-Holocene corals of Southeast Asia," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-16, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14387
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14387
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