An updated database of Holocene relative sea level changes in NE Aegean Sea

Vacchi, Matteo; Rovere, Alessio; Chatzipetros, Alexandros; Ζουροσ, Ν.; Firpo, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.036

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“…1a,b). The study area is part of the westward-drifting Aegean-Anatolian microplate (Vacchi et al, 2014). As a consequence of this drift, several E-W rift structures were formed in the late Miocene, such as the Bergama graben, and its tributary, the Zeytinda g graben.…”

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Elaia, Pergamon's maritime satellite: the rise and fall of an ancient harbour city shaped by shoreline migration

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et al. 2019

J Quaternary Science

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Throughout human history, communication and trade have been key to society. Because maritime trade facilitated the rapid transportation of passengers and freight at relatively low cost, harbours became hubs for traffic, trade and exchange. This general statement holds true for the Pergamenian kingdom, which ruled wide parts of today's western Turkey during Hellenistic times. Its harbour, located at the city of Elaia on the eastern Aegean shore, was used extensively for commercial and military purposes. This study reconstructs the coastal evolution in and around the ancient harbour of Elaia and compares the observed environmental modifications with archaeological and historical findings. We use micropalaeontological, sedimentological and geochemical proxies to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental dynamics and evolution of the ancient harbour. The geoarchaeological results confirm the archaeological and historical evidence for Elaia's primacy during Hellenistic and early Roman times, and the city's gradual decline during the late Roman period. Furthermore, our study demonstrates that Elaia holds a unique position as a harbour city during ancient times in the eastern Aegean region, because it was not greatly influenced by the high sediment supply associated with river deltas. Consequently, no dredging of the harbour basins is documented, creating exceptional geo‐bioarchives for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.

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Elaia, Pergamon's maritime satellite: the rise and fall of an ancient harbour city shaped by shoreline migration

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Feuser

et al. 2019

J Quaternary Science

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“…Regional compilations of RSL data have been produced for both the eastern [126][127][128] and western [129][130][131] Mediterranean coast. Due to its complex tectonic setting [132], RSL histories in the eastern Mediterranean were influenced by the Holocene activity of major faults [126,133,134].…”

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Holocene Relative Sea-Level Changes from Near-, Intermediate-, and Far-Field Locations

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Curr Clim Change Rep

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Holocene relative sea-level (RSL) records exhibit spatial and temporal variability that arises mainly from the interaction of eustatic (land ice volume and thermal expansion) and isostatic (glacio-and hydro-) factors. We fit RSL histories from near-, intermediate-, and far-field locations with noisy-input Gaussian process models to assess rates of RSL change. Records from near-field regions (e.g., Antarctica, Greenland, Canada, Sweden, and Scotland) reveal a complex pattern of RSL fall from a maximum marine limit due to the net effect of eustatic sea-level rise and glacio-isostatic uplift with rates of RSL fall as great as −69±9 m/ka. Intermediatefield regions (e.g., mid-Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the USA, Netherlands, Southern France, St. Croix) display variable rates of RSL rise from the cumulative effect of eustatic and isostatic factors. Fast rates of RSL rise (up to 10±1 m/ka) are found in the early Holocene in regions near the center of forebulge collapse. Far-field RSL records exhibit a midHolocene highstand, the timing (between 8 and 4 ka) and magnitude (between <1 and 6 m) of which varies among South America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania regions.

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“…Regional archaeological-based Holocene sea-level curves from other parts of the Mediterranean have also been recently published for the eastern Mediterranean by Sivan et al (2001), for the Aegean by Lambeck (1995), Kosmas et al (2012), Vött (2007) and Vacchi et al (2014), for the central Mediterranean by Lambeck et al (2004a;2011) and Antonioli et al (2009), and for the western Mediterranean by Pirazzoli (1976), Morhange et al (2001) and Vacchi et al (2016 and references therein).…”

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“…(), Vött () and Vacchi et al. (), for the central Mediterranean by Lambeck et al. (; ) and Antonioli et al.…”

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Evaluating ancient coastal wells as sea‐level indicators from the coast of Israel

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This paper re‐evaluates previous records and adds new data to the relative sea level (RSL; namely the sea level related to the level of the national terrestrial datum) reconstruction in Israel from the last 2400 years based on ancient coastal water wells. Different methods for obtaining the most accurate modern offset between coastal groundwater level and mean sea level are also tested, since this is a crucial component for using wells as reliable sea‐level indicators in the Mediterranean and beyond. Very few, if any, sea‐level studies outside of Israel use coastal wells as RSL indicators; refinements to the methods associated with this indicator type will facilitate their use in other regions. Coastal wells in the study are located within 200 m of the present‐day coastline. The functional age range for the wells is based on site stratigraphy, artifacts, historical records, and the coastal water well typology. These archaeological indicators rely on finding the vertical offset between present‐day coastal groundwater and sea level, and applying it to ancient times. The current study explores two methods to calculate accurate vertical offsets: a) modern averages of the upper aquifer groundwater elevation in the vicinity of ancient wells, which are calculated from 60 years of measurements by the Israeli Hydrological Service; and b) a hydrological model where groundwater elevation is a function of distance from the modern coastline. The model uses a simulation of the coastal aquifer with a two‐dimensional, vertical cross‐section. The modeled approach is found to be preferable. The results show that sea level in Roman times (1st century CE) was similar to present‐day, slightly higher in the Byzantine period (4th to 7th centuries CE), and lower in part of the Early Islamic period (9th to 10th centuries CE). For the later Fatimid/Ayyubid and Crusader periods (11th to 13th centuries CE), RSL reaches its lowest elevations (of about −0.5 m) as previously found. Following these low levels, sea level rose going into the 18th and 19th centuries CE.

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An updated database of Holocene relative sea level changes in NE Aegean Sea

Cited by 47 publications

References 75 publications

Elaia, Pergamon's maritime satellite: the rise and fall of an ancient harbour city shaped by shoreline migration

Elaia, Pergamon's maritime satellite: the rise and fall of an ancient harbour city shaped by shoreline migration

Holocene Relative Sea-Level Changes from Near-, Intermediate-, and Far-Field Locations

Evaluating ancient coastal wells as sea‐level indicators from the coast of Israel

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