Occurrence of 1 ka-old corals on an uplifted reef terrace in west Luzon, Philippines: Implications for a prehistoric extreme wave event in the South China Sea region

Occurrence of 1 ka-old corals on an uplifted reef terrace in west Luzon, Philippines: Implications for a prehistoric extreme wave event in the South China Sea region

Abstract Recent 230Th dating of fossil corals in west Luzon has provided new insights on the emergence of late Quaternary marine terraces that fringe west Luzon Island facing the Manila Trench. Apart from regional sea level changes, accumulated uplift from aseismic and seismic processes may have inf...

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Main Authors: Noelynna T. Ramos, Kathrine V. Maxwell, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Yu-Chen Chou, Fucai Duan, Chuan-Chou Shen, Kenji Satake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-05-01
Series:Geoscience Letters
Subjects:
Coral terraces and boulders
230Th dating
Prehistoric extreme wave event
Coastal hazards
South China Sea region
Philippines
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40562-017-0078-3

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