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Book Chapter: Late Quaternary relative sea-level changes in the tropics
Title | Late Quaternary relative sea-level changes in the tropics |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Beach rock Continental shelf Coral Equatorial oceans Eustatic changes |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Citation | Late Quaternary relative sea-level changes in the tropics. In Elias, SA & Mock, CJ (Eds.), Encyclopedia of quaternary science (2nd ed.), v. 4, p. 495-502. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2013 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The tropics are the geographical zone farthest from the polar ice sheets and have been little affected by glacio-isostatic processes during the glacial cycles of the Later Quaternary. Consequently, the sea-level history in the tropics is unique, and it reflects, to a great extent, the eustatic sea-level change. In the tropics, there are many proxy records suitable for reconstructing former sea-level positions. In particular, reef-building corals, mangrove peat, beach rock, and tubeworms on rock faces are all good sea-level indicators. The best sets of sea-level data come from the region between the Australian and Asian continents, as well as the Caribbean. These sea-level data have been used to reconstruct a complete sea-level history representative of the tropics for the past 20 000 years. It shows the position of the sea-level lowstand for the Last Glacial Maximum, phases of rapid rise of sea level, and the mid-Holocene sea-level highstand. The sea-level curve not only reveals the eustatic sea-level history, but also provides useful information about the characteristics of ice sheet melting, thus providing useful constraints on geophysical models. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/187415 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Zong, Y | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-20T12:43:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-20T12:43:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Late Quaternary relative sea-level changes in the tropics. In Elias, SA & Mock, CJ (Eds.), Encyclopedia of quaternary science (2nd ed.), v. 4, p. 495-502. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9780444536433 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/187415 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The tropics are the geographical zone farthest from the polar ice sheets and have been little affected by glacio-isostatic processes during the glacial cycles of the Later Quaternary. Consequently, the sea-level history in the tropics is unique, and it reflects, to a great extent, the eustatic sea-level change. In the tropics, there are many proxy records suitable for reconstructing former sea-level positions. In particular, reef-building corals, mangrove peat, beach rock, and tubeworms on rock faces are all good sea-level indicators. The best sets of sea-level data come from the region between the Australian and Asian continents, as well as the Caribbean. These sea-level data have been used to reconstruct a complete sea-level history representative of the tropics for the past 20 000 years. It shows the position of the sea-level lowstand for the Last Glacial Maximum, phases of rapid rise of sea level, and the mid-Holocene sea-level highstand. The sea-level curve not only reveals the eustatic sea-level history, but also provides useful information about the characteristics of ice sheet melting, thus providing useful constraints on geophysical models. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Encyclopedia of quaternary science (2nd ed.) | en_US |
dc.subject | Beach rock | - |
dc.subject | Continental shelf | - |
dc.subject | Coral | - |
dc.subject | Equatorial oceans | - |
dc.subject | Eustatic changes | - |
dc.title | Late Quaternary relative sea-level changes in the tropics | en_US |
dc.type | Book_Chapter | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Zong, Y: yqzong@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Zong, Y=rp00846 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00142-4 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84977163116 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 219150 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 4 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 495 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 502 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Amsterdam | - |