Holocene sea level trend on the west coast of Bohai Bay, China: reanalysis and standardization

Jianfen Li; Zhiwen Shang; Fu Wang; Yongsheng Chen; Lizhu Tian; Xingyu Jiang; Qian Yu; Hong Wang

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Jianfen Li, Zhiwen Shang, Fu Wang, Yongsheng Chen, Lizhu Tian, Xingyu Jiang, Qian Yu, Hong Wang. Holocene sea level trend on the west coast of Bohai Bay, China: reanalysis and standardization[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(7): 198-248. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1730-5

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Jianfen Li, Zhiwen Shang, Fu Wang, Yongsheng Chen, Lizhu Tian, Xingyu Jiang, Qian Yu, Hong Wang. Holocene sea level trend on the west coast of Bohai Bay, China: reanalysis and standardization[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(7): 198-248. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1730-5

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Jianfen Li, Zhiwen Shang, Fu Wang, Yongsheng Chen, Lizhu Tian, Xingyu Jiang, Qian Yu, Hong Wang. Holocene sea level trend on the west coast of Bohai Bay, China: reanalysis and standardization[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(7): 198-248. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1730-5

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Holocene sea level trend on the west coast of Bohai Bay, China: reanalysis and standardization

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1730-5

Jianfen Li^{1, 2},
Zhiwen Shang^{1, 2},
Fu Wang^{1, 2},
Yongsheng Chen^{1, 2},
Lizhu Tian^{1, 2},
Xingyu Jiang^{1, 2},
Qian Yu^{3, 4},
Hong Wang^{1, 2
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1.
Tianjin Center, China Geological Survey, Tianjin 300170, China
2.
Key Laboratory of Coast Geo-Environment, China Geological Survey, Tianjin 300170, China
3.
Key Laboratory for Coast and Island Development (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
4.
School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41372173, 41476074 and 41806109; the China Geological Survey Project under contract Nos DD20189506 and DD20211301.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: whong@cgs.cn
Received Date: 2020-04-02
Accepted Date: 2020-08-14

Available Online: 2021-07-16

Publish Date: 2021-07-25

Abstract

Abstract

Using 110 newly revised Holocene sea level indicators categorized into three types, sediments (67), shelly cheniers (27) and oyster reefs (16), this paper firstly provides a Holocene relative sea level curve, based on multiple approaches of litho- and biostratigraphies and sedimentary faces analysis, for the west coast of Bohai Bay, China. Following considerations, including indicative meaning, the paleo tidal pattern and range and conversion from mean tidal level to mean sea level, an apparent relative mean sea level (RMSL) curve was further reconstructed. After systematical calibration using CALIB, those of the 48 reworked samples were further corrected for the residence-time effect. Similarly, the younger ages for another 35 samples were chosen at the subsample level. These result in a younger-oriented shift for about 0.5 ka. Three local spatial factors, including neotectonic subsidence (average rate about 0.1 mm/a), self-compaction of unconsolidated sediments (between a few decimeters to about 6 m) and subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal (between a few centimeters to about 2.5 m), were quantitatively corrected. Finally, the amended RMSL curve after eliminating all these local temporo-spatial factors is very likely to show non-existence of mid-Holocene highstand and imply potential influences of both ice-volume equivalent sea level and regional glacial isostatic adjustment. Although it is still unable to divide both global and regional factors, the slowdown of sea level rise, in 7.5–6.8 ka with a maximum height less than +1 m, may constrain the model effort in the near future.
- cheniers,
- oyster reefs,
- sediments,
- temporospatial corrections,
- local RMSL

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