Stratigraphic architecture, relative sea-level, and models of estuary development in southern England: new data from Southampton Water
Long, A.J.; Scaife, R.G.; Edwards, R.J. (2000). Stratigraphic architecture, relative sea-level, and models of estuary development in southern England: new data from Southampton Water, in: Pye, K. et al. Coastal and estuarine environments: sedimentology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. Geological Society Special Publication, 175: pp. 253-279. https://dx.doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.175.01.19 In: Pye, K.; Allen, J.R.L. (Ed.) (2000). Coastal and estuarine environments: Sedimentology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. Geological Society Special Publication, 175. The Geological Society: London. ISBN 1-86239-070-3; e-ISBN 9781862394230. 435 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.175, more In: Hartley, A.J. et al. (Ed.) Geological Society Special Publication. Geological Society of London: Oxford; London; Edinburgh; Boston, Mass.; Carlton, Vic.. ISSN 0305-8719; e-ISSN 2041-4927, more |
| Keywords | Marine/Coastal; Brackish water |
| Authors | | Top | - Long, A.J.
- Scaife, R.G.
- Edwards, R.J.
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| Abstract | This paper presents the results of an investigation into the Holocene depositional history of Southampton Water, southern England. A three phase history of estuary development is proposed. Between c. 7500 and 5000 BP (8200 to 5700 cal. a BP), mean sea-level rose rapidly from c. –9 m to –4 m OD. During this interval thin basal peats which developed in present outer estuary locations were inundated and the area of intertidal and subtidal environments within the estuary expanded. |
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