Coral Reefs and Sea-Level Change: Quaternary Records and Modelling

DOI

10.54780/IASSP49

Editors

Gilbert F. Camoin, Nadine Hallmann

Series Editor

Elias Samankassou

Abstract

The geological record of higher and/or rising sea levels in the past can provide a fundamental baseline to enable future projections with greater accuracy, and better assess the impact of sea level rise on coastal ecosystems. Over the past four decades, considerable progress has been made in understanding the importance of fossil coral reef systems as unique archives of past sea level, climate and environmental change that go far beyond instrumental records. Reconstructing the impact of these changes on the development, architecture and composition of fossil coral reef systems enables the development of projections of the response of coastal systems to future climate change, particularly during periods of rapid sea level rise and short-term climate excursions.

This volume includes case studies of coral reef records of sea level and environmental change, and of the response of coral reef systems to changes in their environment on different time scales during the last glacial cycle, from the last interglacial (MIS 5) to the mid to late Holocene. They also address topics of general interest, such as the importance of coralgal communities as archives of sea level and environmental change and the processes of reef drowning.

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ID

SP49 — IAS Special Publication 49

Pages

320

Year of Publication

2022

Publisher

IAS

ISBN

978-1-7398845-1-2

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Supplementary Materials / Appendices

• BRAGA et al Supplementary Table 1.pdf (668KB)
• Harper et al Supplementary Figure 1.pdf (1.1MB)
• Harper et al Supplementary Table 1.pdf (208KB)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Captions.pdf (173KB)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Figure 1.pdf (9.7MB)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Figure 2.pdf (9.1MB)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Figure 3.pdf (6.3MB)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Figure 4 a-e.pdf (40.3MB)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Figure 4 f-h.pdf (33.4MB)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Figure 4 i-j.pdf (25.1MB)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Table 1.docx (40KN)
• Humblet et al Supplementary Table 2.docx (56KB)