Evidence for centennial scale sea level variability during the Medieval Climate Optimum (Crusader Period) in Israel, eastern Mediterranean

Toker, E.; Sivan, Dorit; Stern, Edna J.; Shirman, Boris; Tsimplis, Michael; Spada, Giorgio

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.019

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“…Despite their complex attribution, Roman Age and Middle Age coastal structures roughly indicate that their elevations are in agreement with the predicted sea level curve of Lambeck et al (2011). During Roman time, sea level was À1.36 AE 0.1 m, while in the Midde Ages it was at À0.56 AE 0.2 m, in good agreement with previous estimations for the Mediterranean region (Lambeck et al, 2004b;Antonioli et al, 2007;Anzidei et al, 2011aAnzidei et al, , 2011bToker et al, 2012). Geological data highlight that this area is tectonically stable along the vertical since the last 125 ka.…”

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Holocene sea level change in Malta

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Antonioli

Biolchi

et al. 2013

Quaternary International

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a b s t r a c tA multidisciplinary approach has been applied to study sea level changes along the coast of Malta using data collected from underwater archaeological remains. The elevation of archaeological markers have been compared with predicted sea level curves providing new bodies of evidence that outline the vertical tectonic behaviour of this region, allowing estimation of the relative sea level changes that occurred in this area of the Mediterranean since the Bronze Age. During the Roman Age, sea level was at À1.36 AE 0.1 m, while in the Midde Age it was at À0.56 AE 0.2 m, in agreement with previous estimations for the Mediterranean region. Data indicate that Malta was tectonically stable during the studied period. The occurrence of the present-day notch along the coasts of the island indicates recent vertical stability of the area. The lack of MIS 5.5 deposits all over the island could simply be due to high rates of erosion, as its coasts are highly exposed to storm waves, rather than tectonic movements. However, even very slight vertical movements could completely remove field evidence. The relative stability of the Maltese Islands allowed a first attempt to provide a palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of its coasts at different time windows since the Last Glacial Maximum. The results have been used to infer time and mode of mammal dispersal to the island during the Pleistocene.

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Holocene sea level change in Malta

Furlani

Antonioli

Biolchi

et al. 2013

Quaternary International

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“…The onset of the rapid rise has been dated to the end of the nineteenth or the beginning of the twentieth century. The latter is [Sivan et al, 2004[Sivan et al, , 2010Anzidei et al, 2011;Toker et al, 2011] in agreement with long tide gauge records [Woodworth et al, 2009], but variability is evident in both the magnitude and timing of the change, in proxy as well as instrumental data. More proxy sea level reconstructions are needed to bridge the gap between instrumental records and millennial-scale sea level reconstructions.…”

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confidence: 57%

“…Archaeological indicators and vermetid bioconstructions ( Figure 1c) have been used to reconstruct sea levels along the coast of Israel to within a tenth of a meter or better [Sivan et al, 2004[Sivan et al, , 2010Anzidei et al, 2011;Toker et al, 2011]. Dendropoma petraeum is a vermetid that constructs reef-like structures on rims of rocky abrasion shore platforms in the upper part of the subtidal zone.…”

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Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union Volume 92, Number 35, 30 August 2011

2011

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“…1) suits this kind of study as: it is micro-tidal (±0.40 m) (Emery and Neev, 1960;Davis and Hayes, 1984;Golik and Rosen, 1999); its continental shelf is characterized by a relatively narrow (10 to 23 km) and moderately steep (0.5°to 0.8°) strip of mostly unconsolidated sediments that have been largely supplied by a single dominant source since the Pliocene (the Nile River e.g. Emery and Bentor, 1960;Neev et al, 1976;Almagor and Hall, 1984;Almagor, 1993;Stanley and Warne, 1998); it is considered tectonically stable since MIS5e (Sivan et al, 1999;Galili et al, 2007;Mauz et al, 2013), with low isostatic rates of 0.1 mm/year, at least in the Holocene (Sivan et al, 2001;Anzidei et al, 2011;Toker et al, 2012); there is currently little known about the timing and extent of the shallow shelf subsurface stratigraphy.…”

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confidence: 98%