Evidence for Holocene Marine Transgression and Shoreline Progradation Due to Barrier Development in Iskele, Bay of Izmir, Turkey

Goodman, Beverly; Reinhardt, Eduard G.; Dey, Hendrik W.; Boyce, Joseph I.; Schwarcz, Henry P.; Şahoğlu, Vasıf; Erkanal, Hayat; Artzy, Michal

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“…These curves show general agreement with glaciohydro-isostatic models available for the area (Lambeck et al, 2004;Lambeck and Purcell, 2005). In the last five years, several authors carried out sea level sea investigation in NE Aegean region both on the Greek Islands (Theodoulou, 2008;Syrides et al, 2009;Pavlopoulos et al, 2012aPavlopoulos et al, , 2012b) and on the Asia Minor coast (Goodman et al, 2008(Goodman et al, , 2009Seeliger et al, 2013). Therefore, the first aim of the paper was to evaluate the adequacy of the two different types of curves by expanding upon the previous compilation with new observational RSL data (geomorphological indicators, geo-archaeological data and sedimentary core analysis).…”

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“…Using data published in Flemming (1978), Stiros et al (2000), Ammerman et al (2008), Goodman et al (2008), Theodoulou (2008, Syrides et al (2009), Pavlopoulos et al (2012a, Vacchi et al (2012) and Vacchi (2012), Seeliger et al, 2013, we created a database of the available RSL indicators for the Eastern and North Eastern Aegean sector, both regarding the Anatolian coast and on the Aegean Greek islands (Fig. 1).…”

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

Vacchi

Rovere

Chatzipetros

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Quaternary International

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

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Chatzipetros

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Quaternary International

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“…Similar mid-Holocene lagoonal sediments have been documented at a large number of coastal and deltaic sites across the Eastern Mediterranean in Turkey (e.g., Kraft et al, 2003;Goodman et al, 2008), in Greece (e.g., Kraft, Rapp, & Aschenbrenner, 1975;Pavlopoulos et al, 2010;Triantaphyllou et al, 2010;Vouvalidis et al, 2010), and in the Levant (e.g., Marriner et al, 2006). In the Red Sea coast of Egypt at Myos Hormos, the Roman harbor and lagoon were progressively in-filled during the 8th to 12th centuries A.D. (Blue, 2002).…”

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Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Holocene coastal sediments adjacent to archaeological ruins in Aqaba, Jordan

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Niemi

2010

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Stratified cultural remains from the Early Roman/Nabataean to Byzantine periods in the coastal zone of Aqaba, Jordan, and analyses of thirteen sediment cores provide evidence for changes in the depositional environment during the Holocene. The overall trend in subsurface sediments is a basal marine transgressive layer overlain by a regressional sequence of embayment lagoonal sediments identified from microfossil analyses, and backshore pond, alluvium, and eolian deposits until the 1st century B.C., when mudbrick structures appear. Based on two radiocarbon dates, a brackish water coastal embayment formed prior to ca. 5900-5700 B.C. and was subsequently filled by siltation. Local tectonic subsidence along faults of the Dead Sea transform may have helped form the lagoon. Freshwater Candona sp. ostracods found in sand layers in the lagoon facies show signs of having been transported and redeposited. These data indicate that lakes or marshes were likely located inland of the study area. Supporting faunal and floral evidence for wetter climatic conditions, wetland habitats, and extensive water diversion and agricultural terraces has been excavated at late Chalcolithic (4000-3500 B.C.) sites in the Aqaba region (Khalil & Schmidt, 2009). By the 8th century B.C., the depositional environment along the coastal plain of Aqaba was dominated by distal alluvial fan and eolian sedimentation and the shoreline had prograded about 400 m seaward. The migration of human settlements since the 8th century B.C. from the center of the valley toward the southeast may be driven by the changing course of Wadi Yutim and conditions along the coastal plain.

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“…Overall averages for each biofacies were used to determine the presence of general environmental facies trends. An aliquot of each sample was subsampled and processed to determine particle‐size distribution (methods Goodman et al. , 2008), which was then evaluated across cores.…”

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Multi‐proxy geoarchaeological study redefines understanding of the paleocoastlines and ancient harbours of Liman Tepe (Iskele, Turkey)

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Determining the position of Liman Tepe's (ancient `Clazomenae') archaeological features relative to the coastline is important for understanding their intended function and reconstructing the character of Aegean maritime activities and sea‐based trade. Previous attempts at reconstructing harbour locations at Liman Tepe relied on extrapolating paleoenvironments based on modern surface topography. In light of this, samples from a sediment coring survey and terrestrial and underwater archaeological excavations were analysed using multi‐proxy geoarchaeological methods to determine paleoenvironmental facies. Micropaleontological (foraminifera), sedimentological (grain‐size analysis) and geochemical (δ13C/δ18O) analyses resulted in the reconstruction of the coastal paleogeomorphology, including the presence and absence of ancient harbouring areas. Neither of the previous coastal reconstructions was supported by the new results. Instead, two separate harbouring areas were recognized, one coincident with the Early Bronze Age (4800–3900 years bp) and a second during the archaic and classical periods (c. 2800–2400 years bp). These results emphasize the necessity for multi‐proxy geoarchaeological studies when approaching coastal archaeological sites as a means to reconstruct paleocoastal geomorphology and understand ancient maritime development better.

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Evidence for Holocene Marine Transgression and Shoreline Progradation Due to Barrier Development in Iskele, Bay of Izmir, Turkey

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

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

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Holocene coastal sediments adjacent to archaeological ruins in Aqaba, Jordan

Multi‐proxy geoarchaeological study redefines understanding of the paleocoastlines and ancient harbours of Liman Tepe (Iskele, Turkey)

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