Journal
QUATERNARY RESEARCH
Volume 88, Issue 3, Pages 400-408Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/qua.2017.61
Keywords
Late Holocene; Sea level; West-central Pacific; Coral reef; Reef island; Kiribati
Funding
- Ministry of the Environment, Japan [A-0805, S-14]
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17H01647] Funding Source: KAKEN
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New coral microatoll data allow presenting an updated late Holocene sea-level curve for the Gilbert Islands of Kiribati. Examination of build-up elevation and spatial distribution of microatolls, along with radiocarbon age data from coral samples, suggest an approximately 1 m sea-level high stand, possibly lasting from similar to 3500 to 1900 cal yr BP. Our sea-level curve, which is similar to the one reported from the Marshall Islands, is a baseline to reconstruct the evolution of reef flats and reef islands. In addition, it provides important contextual data to infer human settlement on islands in the west-central Pacific.
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