Aeolian beach ridges and their significance for climate and sea level: Concept and insight from the Levant coast (East Mediterranean)

Mauz, Barbara; Hijma, M.P.; Amorosi, Alessandro; Porat, Naomi; Galili, Ehud; Bloemendal, Jan

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.03.003

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“…1b). The correlation is based on the lithological description, petro-sedimentological characteristics, accompanying features, and a stratigraphic position comparison of our new OSL ages with published ages (Gvirtzman et al, 1983(Gvirtzman et al, , 1998Engelmann et al, 2001;Frechen et al, 2001Frechen et al, , 2002Gvirtzman and Wieder, 2001;Neber, 2002;Porat et al, 2004;Tsatskin et al, 2009;Moshier et al, 2010;Mauz et al, 2013). This correlation suggests that the coastal lowlands are dominated by palaeosol units with little if any aeolianites, while the coastal ridge sections consist primarily of aeolianites interbedded by palaeosols.…”

Section: Coastal Lowland and Coastal Cliff Chronostratigraphic Correlsupporting

confidence: 56%

“…Relative sea levels of the Mediterranean Sea generally track eustatic sea-level changes (Lambeck and Bard, 2000;Galili et al, 2007;Sivan et al, 2016), and it is hypothesised that the Late Pleistocene synoptic regime over the Mediterranean was similar to the present (Enzel et al, 2008). Israel's coast is considered tectonically stable, at least since Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5e (Sivan et al, 1999;Galili et al, 2007;Mauz et al, 2013;, with low isostatic uplift rates of about 0.1 mm/year in the Holocene (Sivan et al, 2001;Anzidei et al, 2011;Toker et al, 2012), and about 0.05 mm/year over about the last 125 ka .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…1b; Yaalon, 1967;Gavish and Friedman, 1969;Almagor et al, 2000). Up to eighteen aeolianite ridges trending parallel-sub-parallel to the shoreline rise above the surface of the coastal plain and the relatively flat sea-bed (Almagor et al, 2000;Mauz et al, 2013;and references therein). The relationship between the spatial and temporal patterns of the coastal ridges and past sea-level changes is still not well established (Sivan and Porat, 2004;Mauz et al, 2013 due to the absence of an RSL curve, dating resolution and radiometric errors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This soil sequence comprises sub-units that differ in their lithological characteristics (Frechen et al, 2002;Porat et al, 2004). These palaeosol sub-units have a wide range of ages, sometimes synchronous with the aeolianite ridges, and sometimes younger, dating from about 87 to about 8 ka (Gvirtzman and Wieder, 2001;Frechen et al, 2002;Porat et al, 2004;Sivan and Porat, 2004;Mauz et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Late Quaternary coastal palaeogeography of Israel has been studied since the 1940s in an attempt to correlate the coastal outcrop stratigraphy with transgressive and regressive sea level phases (Avnimelech, 1950). Later works concentrated on radiometric (luminescence and radiocarbon) ages for the central coastal aeolianite cliff sequences which yield ages younger than about 75 ka (Engelmann et al, 2001;Frechen et al, 2001Frechen et al, , 2002Porat et al, 2004;Moshier et al, 2010;Mauz et al, 2013). Hardly any attention has been paid to the submerged stratigraphy and to the sequences of lowlands located between coastal ridges.…”

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New perspectives on coastal landscape reconstruction during the Late Quaternary: A test case from central Israel

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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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The stratigraphic architecture of coastal plains is determined by the interactions between local (e.g. fluvial processes and topography), regional (e.g. climate) and global (e.g. sea level) forcing factors, primarily during the Late Quaternary Period. Detailed stratigraphic and sedimentological analyses of boreholes, cored between coastal ridges in the lowlands, coupled with optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating, and integrated with existing onshore and offshore databases, has enabled a 4-D reconstruction of the evolution of the coast of Israel during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. This model revealed that Nilotic-sourced littoral sand, intermittently transported inland by wind, has either been lithified into aeolianite or pedogenized into orange-brown palaeosol from about 100 ka to 8 ka. Dark silty clay wetlands were deposited between the aeolian coastal ridges adjacent to streams which cut the Israeli coastal plain and flow westward, from the Last Glacial Maximum until the onset of the Holocene. These units are topped by beach and aeolian quartz sand dated to 6.6-0.1 ka. Diachronous thicknesses and lithological dissimilarities were identified between the sections studied and previous reports on adjacent coastal aeolianite ridges. Streams were found to be a dominant control on the stratigraphical composition and related facies architecture due to fluvial-induced erosion. Consequently, the relief variations between the lowland and cliff controlled aeolian pedogenesis as well as alluvial processes from about 80 to 5 ka. Climate, mainly influenced by precipitation and dust input, induced pedogenic processes; while sea level lowstand during the Last Glacial Maximum is shown to have hindered sediment deposition in the shallow offshore, which in turn affected aeolian transport, reducing sediment accumulation on the palaeo-coastal plain. The palaeoenvironmental model presented in the current study serves as an example for understanding the evolution of similar low-latitude siliciclastic-rich low-gradient shelf-coastal areas during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Furthermore, it demonstrates the influence of local to global forcing factors on these environments.

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Section: Coastal Lowland and Coastal Cliff Chronostratigraphic Correlsupporting

confidence: 56%

Section: Regional Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Regional Settingmentioning

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Section: Regional Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Coastal ridge constructive processes at a multi‐decadal scale in Barreta Island (southern Portugal)

Herrero

Kombiadou

2019

Earth Surf Processes Landf

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Multiple ridges across prograding coasts may display variable geometries, commonly expressed through varying elevations. Changes in ridge elevation have been traditionally related to the occurrence of fluctuating progradation rates, which might, in turn, be driven by shifting environmental conditions.Here, we explore the geometry and growth mechanisms of multiple ridges, generated at Barreta Island (Ria Formosa, southern Portugal), as a consequence of the rapid progradation of the island over the last 70 years, following the artificial fixation of the downdrift Faro-Olhão inlet with jetties in 1955. The variability in the morphology of these features was analysed in combination with available wind and wave data, in order to better distinguish growth mechanisms and understand the main parameters determining the final geometry of the observed ridges.The results suggest that (1) most of the identified ridges fall in the beach ridge classification, as they have been mostly built by marine processes, and (2) the parameters derived from, or closely related to wave climate variability (e.g. progradation rates, storm occurrence) can jointly explain most of the observed morphological changes, while aeolian processes played a secondary role. Indeed, ridge geometry appears mainly controlled by progradation rates, with higher ridges associated with lower progradation rates. Progradation rate, in turn, is mostly related to longshore wave power, storminess, and the occurrence storm groups. Yet, the final configuration of ridges can also be affected by runup levels and onshore winds. Therefore, establishing the relation between ridge geometry and wave climate is not a straightforward task, because of the complex processes and interactions that control coastal morphodynamics.

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Israel: Submerged Prehistoric Sites and Settlements on the Mediterranean Coastline—the Current State of the Art

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Inundated archaeological sites dating from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Pottery Neolithic periods have been exposed off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, mainly the northern Carmel coast. The bulk of the sites represents in situ Neolithic settlements dating from the tenth to the seventh millennia BP, including the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Atlit-Yam and the Pottery Neolithic sites of Kfar Samir, Kfar Galim, Tel Hreiz and Neve-Yam. These are some of the best-preserved underwater settlements in the world with excellent preservation of human and animal remains, plant materials used as food and animal fodder, basketry, wood used in building construction and for making bowls and a wide range of flint, bone and ground-stone artefacts. The sites include rectangular stone dwellings, the earliest known stone-built water wells in the world, megalithic structures of probable ritual significance, numerous human burials, many in stone-lined graves or cists, and reveal details of village layout including a separation between domestic and graveyard areas. The human remains provide pathological evidence for the earliest known case of tuberculosis and for malarial infection. These settlements are the earliest known examples of the typical Mediterranean fishing village, with a subsistence economy based on crop cultivation, domestic animals, some hunting of wild animals, a significant emphasis on marine fishing and the earliest known evidence for the production of olive oil. This combination of resources contributed to the establishment of year-round sedentary, Mediterranean fishing villages. These features owe their preservation and discovery to the location of the settlements on the shoreline. Rising sea level eventually forced their abandonment and sealed

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Aeolian beach ridges and their significance for climate and sea level: Concept and insight from the Levant coast (East Mediterranean)

Cited by 80 publications

References 115 publications

New perspectives on coastal landscape reconstruction during the Late Quaternary: A test case from central Israel

New perspectives on coastal landscape reconstruction during the Late Quaternary: A test case from central Israel

Coastal ridge constructive processes at a multi‐decadal scale in Barreta Island (southern Portugal)

Israel: Submerged Prehistoric Sites and Settlements on the Mediterranean Coastline—the Current State of the Art

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