Emerged fossil corals on the coast of northwestern Hainan Island, China: Implications for mid-Holocene sea level change and tectonic uplift
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| 作者 | [Yao YanTao ; Zhan WenHuan ; Sun JinLong ; Sun Jie] Chinese Acad Sci, South China Sea Inst Oceanol, CAS Key Lab Marginal Sea Geol, Guangzhou 510301, Guangdong, Peoples R China |
| 刊名 | CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
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| 出版日期 | 2013 |
| 卷号 | 58期号:23页码:2869-2876 |
| 关键词 | fossil coral higher sea level tectonic uplift mid-Holocene coast of northwestern Hainan Island |
| ISSN号 | 1001-6538 |
| 通讯作者 | yaoyt@scsio.ac.cn |
| 中文摘要 | Fossil corals are widespread on the coast of northwestern Hainan Island, China. Most of these corals are exposed during low tide levels, indicating that a higher sea level may have existed during their life time. The radiocarbon data introduced by this paper in combination with those from other sources show that the corals were alive mainly during the mid- to late-Holocene. Mid-Holocene sea levels 1-3 m higher than the present level were confirmed for adjacent coasts; however, the emerged corals on the investigated coast are not necessarily indicators of a higher eustatic sea level. They do predict relative sea levels of 1.5-3.4 m when using 1 m below the tidal datum as the upper limit of coral growth. However, using the Mean Lower Low Water as the coral's upper growth limit, the relative sea level on the non-volcanic coast was almost as high as the present level, whereas that on the volcanic coast was 0.4-2.0 m higher than present. Therefore, the exposure of these dead coral heads and their discrepancy in elevation may be the result of tectonic uplift caused by volcanic activities. From these results, the highest sea level of upward coral growth must be defined first when using fossil corals to reconstruct past sea levels. Meanwhile, vertical tectonics have to be taken into account as a significant factor when conducting high-resolution sea level reconstruction, although the South China coast is located in a "tectonically stable" region. |
| 学科主题 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| 资助信息 | This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41006029 and 40976030) and the United Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China-Guangdong Natural Science Fund Committee (U0933006). The authors would like to thank the reviewers for their comments that help improve the manuscript. |
| 原文出处 | SCIENCE PRESS |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000323343100013 |
| 公开日期 | 2015-01-22 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.scsio.ac.cn/handle/344004/11122]  |
| 专题 | 南海海洋研究所_中科院边缘海地质重点实验室 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | [Yao YanTao,Zhan WenHuan,Sun JinLong,et al. Emerged fossil corals on the coast of northwestern Hainan Island, China: Implications for mid-Holocene sea level change and tectonic uplift[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2013,58(23):2869-2876. |
| APA | [Yao YanTao,Zhan WenHuan,Sun JinLong,&Sun Jie] Chinese Acad Sci, South China Sea Inst Oceanol, CAS Key Lab Marginal Sea Geol, Guangzhou 510301, Guangdong, Peoples R China.(2013).Emerged fossil corals on the coast of northwestern Hainan Island, China: Implications for mid-Holocene sea level change and tectonic uplift.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,58(23),2869-2876. |
| MLA | [Yao YanTao,et al."Emerged fossil corals on the coast of northwestern Hainan Island, China: Implications for mid-Holocene sea level change and tectonic uplift".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 58.23(2013):2869-2876. |
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