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Review of Studies in Sea Level Change of Sunda Shelf Since Pliocene

  • Li Li ,
  • Qin Xu
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  • State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092,China

First author:Li Li(1974-),femal,Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, Professor. Research areas include marine organic geochemistry and paleoceanography.E-mail:lilitju@tongji.edu.cn

Received date: 2017-09-06

  Revised date: 2017-10-26

  Online published: 2018-01-10

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China “Composition and carbon isotopic characteristics of branched tetraethers in the sediments of the South China Sea and its implications for the study of paleo-climate”(No.41673042);“Integration research of two temperature proxies ({Invalid MML} and TEX86) by modern ocean investigation and deposition record”(No.41376046)

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地球科学进展 编辑部, 2017,

Abstract

The sea level change is an important part of global change. It not only relates to the natural environment and ecological changes, but also has a significant impact on the economy and the development of human society. Understanding the sea level history and dynamic rule is a basic condition to build reliable models and improve the future forecast. Sunda Shelf is located between the Pacific Ocean and India Ocean. Owing to the feature of the second continental shelf area, wide shelf and gentle slope, Sunda Shelf is sensitive to sea-level change and an ideal place for sea level study. In this paper, we introduced the method of sea level reconstruction briefly, and reviewed the researches in the Sunda Shelf of different geological periods: Overall, the sea level in Sunda Shelf during Pliocene was as high as 50~100 m, then fell gradually along with the development of the polar ice sheets, and fluctuated among 130 m with the ice volume shrinking and growing in Quaternary. Holocene researches with the most records exhibited the fast elevating in the last deglaciation and the mid-Holocene highstand. Recent observations showed a rising trend of sea-level of past 200 years and the accelerating rate since twentieth century. Meanwhile, the divergence conclusions because of the various research method and regions indicated the complex of the influencing factors and the variability of the spatial and temporal distribution for the sea level reconstruction.

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Li Li , Qin Xu . Review of Studies in Sea Level Change of Sunda Shelf Since Pliocene[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2017 , 32(11) : 1126 -1136 . DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2017.11.1126

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