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- Title
Holocene environmental changes inferred from sedimentary records in the lower reach of the Yeongsan River, Korea.
- Authors
Nahm, Wook-Hyun; Hong, Sei-Sun
- Abstract
Multidisciplinary paleoproxy data from three sedimentary cores (9.05-m-long MW-2, 16.50-m-long IL-3, and 11.88-m-long JD-1) recovered from the Yeongsan River Estuary of Korea are presented. A marine influence can be observed at 10,400 yr BP (−21 m) and 8600 yr BP (−14 to −12 m) around the Yeongsan River Estuary. However, if we take the macro-tidal setting of the Yeongsan River Estuary into consideration, actual sea level could differ from the depositional surfaces, and might be higher or lower than the sediment elevation. Precipitation at around 6300–5000 yr BP is estimated to have been higher or stronger than in earlier and later periods. The core sites received increased terrigenous sediment input during this period because of intensified rainfall and consequent river activity. Although sea level was estimated to be high enough to have a strong influence on the study area during the mid-Holocene, the sedimentary features suggest that riverine activity was the dominant factor controlling the sedimentation patterns. This implies that even during the Holocene Climate Optimum in Korea, roughly 7000–5000 yr BP, the wetter condition has occurred within the interval of 6300–5000 yr BP. After the Holocene Climate Optimum, sea level decreased to 0 to −1 m around 5000 yr BP and increased again starting around 4000 yr BP. The time-series results presented in this study are coincident with global trends, and show the potential for developing geomorphological and climate histories for this region.
- Subjects
KOREA; HOLOCENE paleoclimatology; CLIMATE change; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition; ESTUARIES; SEA level
- Publication
Holocene, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 12, p1798
- ISSN
0959-6836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0959683614551221