Yucheng Lin yucheng.lin@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
Relative sea level response to mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediment loading along the Great Barrier Reef margin
Lin, Yucheng; Whitehouse, Pippa L.; Hibbert, Fiona D.; Woodroffe, Sarah A.; Hinestrosa, Gustavo; Webster, Jody M.
Authors
Professor Pippa Whitehouse pippa.whitehouse@durham.ac.uk
Honorary Professor
Fiona D. Hibbert
Professor Sarah Woodroffe s.a.woodroffe@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Gustavo Hinestrosa
Jody M. Webster
Abstract
The continental shelf along northeastern Australia is the world’s largest mixed carbonate-siliciclastic passive margin and the location of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Following sea-level transgression during the last deglaciation, extensive sediment was deposited along the GBR due to neritic carbonate deposition (including shelf edge reefs, Holocene reefs and Halimeda bioherms) and fluvial discharge of terrigenous siliciclastic sediments. Such sediment loading can alter local relative sea level (RSL) by several metres through the sediment isostatic adjustment (SIA) process, a signal that is poorly constrained at the GBR. In this study, we used a glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) model to develop an ensemble-based sediment loading history for the GBR since Marine Isotope Stage 2 (MIS 2). A Bayesian style framework is adopted to calibrate the sediment history ensemble and GIA model parameters using a sea-level database. According to our results, 1853.7 Gt (1613.1-2078.7 Gt, 95% confidence interval) of sediment have been deposited across the GBR since MIS 2 (28 ka BP), causing spatially variable relative sea-level change with the highest magnitude (0.9-1.1 m) found in the outer shelf of the southern central GBR (18.4-21.6◦ S). Because the SIA-induced RSL rise is unrelated to ice mass loss, failing to correct for this signal will lead to systematic overestimation of grounded ice volume by up to ∼4.3 × 105 km3 during the Last Glacial Maximum. Additionally, we found that spatial variation in sediment loading and coastal environment may explain the different RSL history documented by published fossil coral reef records from Noggin Pass and Hydrographer’s Passage. These results highlight the importance of considering SIA for any postglacial sea-level studies adjacent to large sediment systems. Lastly, by quantifying both the GIA and SIA signals, we provide a spatially and temporally complete RSL reconstruction that is well-suited to be used as a boundary condition to study the evolution of the GBR shelf and slope sedimentary system.
Citation
Lin, Y., Whitehouse, P. L., Hibbert, F. D., Woodroffe, S. A., Hinestrosa, G., & Webster, J. M. (2023). Relative sea level response to mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediment loading along the Great Barrier Reef margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 607, Article 118066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118066
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 15, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 1, 2023 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Mar 20, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 24, 2023 |
Journal | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
Print ISSN | 0012-821X |
Electronic ISSN | 1385-013X |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 607 |
Article Number | 118066 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118066 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1179444 |
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