Meltwater Pulse 1a drowned fringing reefs around Tahiti 15 000 years ago

Reconstruction of postglacial sea-level rise using reef cores recovered from Tahiti during IODP Expedition 310 showed that the first major acceleration, known as Meltwater Pulse 1a (MWP-1a), was a 12–22 m rise in 340 years starting at 14.65 ka BP. Although it was reported that the pulse did not drow...

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Main Authors: Paul Blanchon, Peter Chutcharavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2023-12-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230918