Reef response to sea-level and environmental changes during the last deglaciation: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 310, Tahiti Sea Level

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The last deglaciation is characterized by a rapid sea-level rise and coeval abrupt environmental changes. The Barbados coral reef record suggests that this period has been punctuated by two brief intervals of accelerated melting (meltwater pulses, MWP), occurring at 14.08-13.61 ka and 11.4-11.1 ka (calendar years before present), that are superimposed on a smooth and continuous rise of sea level. Although their timing, magnitude, and even existence have been debated, those catastrophic sea-le...

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Authors: Camoin, G; Seard, C; Deschamps, P; Webster, J; Abbey, E

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: GEOLOGY
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 643-646
• Publication date: 2012-07-01
• DOI: 10.1130/G32057.1
• EISSN: 1943-2682
• ISSN: 0091-7613
• Language: English