Eastern Mediterranean sea levels through the last interglacial from a coastal-marine sequence in northern Israel

Sivan, Dorit; Sisma-Ventura, Guy; Greenbaum, Noam; Bialik, Or M.; Williams, Felicity; Tamisiea, M. E.; Rohling, Eelco J.; Frumkin, Amos; Avnaim-Katav, Simona; Shtienberg, Gilad; Stein, Mordechai

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.06.001

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“…We remark that the GIA models we used in this study account for a limited (albeit representative of commonly used solutions) number of mantle viscosities (see Austermann et al, 2017) and a single representation of MIS 6 ice sheet configuration. The latter, if varied, may lead to significant departures in RSL predictions (Sivan et al, 2016;Dendy et al, 2017;Rohling et al, 2017). This result becomes even more interesting when the tectonic rates are extrapolated linearly through time (Figure 11).…”

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MIS 5e relative sea-level changes in the Mediterranean Sea: Contribution of isostatic disequilibrium

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Vacchi

Lorscheid

et al. 2018

Quaternary Science Reviews

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MIS 5e relative sea-level changes in the Mediterranean Sea: Contribution of isostatic disequilibrium

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Lorscheid

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“…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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“…6i; Galili et al, 2007;Hearty et al, 2007;Kopp et al, 2009Kopp et al, , 2013Rohling et al, 2014;Dutton et al, 2015;Spratt and Lisiecki, 2015;Sivan et al, 2016). Based on the reconstructed topography of the Late Pleistocene calcareous sandstone surface (Fig.…”

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

Shtienberg

Dix

Roskin

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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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“…Hanish Sill, 42.533 E), is the control point for Red Sea reconstructions, as is Camarinal Sill, Strait of Gibraltar (35.92 N,5.72 W), for Mediterranean Sea reconstructions (Siddall et al, 2003;Grant et al, 2012Grant et al, , 2014Rohling et al, 2014). Finally, we model a point for the easternmost Mediterranean, at Rosh Hanikra (33.093 N, 35.105 E), for which a detailed LIG coastal stratigraphic sequence has been published (Sivan et al, 2016).…”

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Differences between the last two glacial maxima and implications for ice-sheet, δ18O, and sea-level reconstructions

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Hibbert

Williams

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Arctic ice shelf Last Interglacial Glacioisostatic adjustment a b s t r a c t Studies of past glacial cycles yield critical information about climate and sea-level (ice-volume) variability, including the sensitivity of climate to radiative change, and impacts of crustal rebound on sealevel reconstructions for past interglacials. Here we identify significant differences between the last and penultimate glacial maxima (LGM and PGM) in terms of global volume and distribution of land ice, despite similar temperatures and radiative forcing. Our analysis challenges conventional views of relationships between global ice volume, sea level, seawater oxygen isotope values, and deep-sea temperature, and supports the potential presence of large floating Arctic ice shelves during the PGM. The existence of different glacial 'modes' calls for focussed research on the complex processes behind ice-age development. We present a glacioisostatic assessment to demonstrate how a different PGM ice-sheet configuration might affect sea-level estimates for the last interglacial. Results suggest that this may alter existing last interglacial sea-level estimates, which often use an LGM-like ice configuration, by several metres (likely upward).

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Eastern Mediterranean sea levels through the last interglacial from a coastal-marine sequence in northern Israel

Cited by 36 publications

References 84 publications

MIS 5e relative sea-level changes in the Mediterranean Sea: Contribution of isostatic disequilibrium

MIS 5e relative sea-level changes in the Mediterranean Sea: Contribution of isostatic disequilibrium

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

Differences between the last two glacial maxima and implications for ice-sheet, δ18O, and sea-level reconstructions

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