Quantitative constraints on the sea-level fall that terminated the Littorina Sea Stage, southern Scandinavia

Quartz OSL dating of late Holocene beach ridges from the Magdalen Islands (Quebec, Canada)

“…OSL dating of features such as beach ridges has been the subject of numerous studies in the last decade and have shown that standard multi-grain quartz SAR OSL dating can yield accurate results (e.g., Murray-Wallace et al, 2002;Argyilan et al, 2005;Clemmensen et al, 2012). In eastern Canada, however, such analyses have not been carried out as a consequence of the observed low yield of sensitive quartz in sediment from mainland glaciated Quebec (Lamothe, 2015).…”

Insight into the late Holocene sea-level changes in the NW Atlantic from a paraglacial beach-ridge plain south of Newfoundland

“…Regressive barriers and beach-ridge systems, prograding coastal features formed when sediment accumulation rates exceed creation of accommodation (vertical space available for sediment) by RSL changes (Galloway and Hobday, 1983;Davis and FitzGerald, 2004;Bristow and Pucillo, 2006;Timmons et al, 2010), have the potential to record past coastal responses to environmental change (Stapor, 1975;Otvos, 2000;Guedes et al, 2011;Tamura, 2012). For example, regressive coastal systems have been used to provide insight into Holocene RSL changes (e.g., van Heteren et al, 2000;Rodriguez and Meyer, 2006;Clemmensen et al, 2012;Hede et al, 2013;, changes in sediment supply (e.g., FitzGerald et al, 1992;Brooke et al, 2008;Sanjaume and Tolgensbakk, 2009), climatic changes (e.g., Goy et al, 2003;Allard et al, 2008;Nott et al, 2009) and variations in wave regimes (e.g., Dominguez et al, 1987;Goodwin et al, 2006;Rodriguez and Meyer, 2006).…”

“…Assessment of the internal architecture, topography and chronology of individual beach ridges, or beach-ridge sets, is essential to decipher their formation history, estimate their progradation rates, and use this information to provide evidence of paleo-sea-level elevations. Most studies of beach-ridge systems have involved sandy systems (e.g., Anthony, 1995;Bristow and Pucillo, 2006;Tamura et al, 2008) or mixed sand and pebble systems (e.g., Schellmann and Radtke, 2010;Clemmensen et al, 2012;Hede et al, 2013), which formed during forced regressions where individual ridges were preserved onshore as RSL fell and the shoreline prograded. In comparison, few studies have focused on the A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 5 evolution of coarse beach-ridge systems formed in a regime of RSL rise; notable exceptions include the studies of FitzGerald et al (1992), Isla and Bujalesky (2000), Engels and Roberts (2005) and Plater et al (2009).…”

Evidence of Late Holocene shoreline progradation in the coast of Kerala, South India obtained from OSL dating of palaeo-beach ridges

“…Well preserved deposits of beach ridges contain several markers of land-ocean interaction (mainly SF-FS and FS-Aeolian (dune) transitions). As the formation of beach ridges is associated with the deposition of clastic sediments by wave process in the littoral zone, when these markers are recognised in stratigraphic section of beach ridges, it can be used as an indicator of shore positions or, indirectly, sea level (Van Heteren et al, 2000;Orford et al, 2003;Goy et al, 2003;Roberts and Plater, 2007;Tamura et al, 2008;Plater et al, 2009;Clemmensen and Nielsen, 2010;Bateman et al, 2011;Tamura, 2012;Fuchs et al, 2012;Clemmensen et al, 2012). However, these depositional settings are closely associated with the storm and fair-weather wave base and mean high-and low-tide levels, and establishing rather accurate relationship with this to a particular facies is vital in relating them to sea level.…”

“…This illustrates the significance of an alternative absolute geochronometer to determine the age of beach ridge formation. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of sands, obtained from identified stratigraphic units, having sufficient lateral continuity, has been proved to be useful in the reconstruction of palaeo-shoreline and coastal evolution (Van Heteren et al, 2000;Bateman and Godby, 2004;Argyilan et al, 2005;Roberts and Plater, 2007;Porat and Botha, 2008;Clemmensen et al, 2009Clemmensen et al, , 2012Kunz et al, 2010;Reimann et al, 2010Reimann et al, , 2011Alappat et al, 2010Alappat et al, , 2011Bateman et al, 2011).…”