Postglacial reef development in the South-West Pacific: Case studies from New Caledonia and Vanuatu

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 43-59

  Cabioch, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Fringing reef; Growth strategies; New Caledonia; Postglacial; South West Pacific; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

FRINGING REEF; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOCLIMATE; PASSIVE MARGIN; POSTGLACIAL; QUATERNARY; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

NEW CALEDONIA; VANUATU;

EID: 0037791979     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00094-0     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Adey W.H. Coralline algae as indicators of sea-level Van de Plassche O. Sea-Level Research: A Manual for the Collection and Evaluation of Data 1986 229 279 Geo Books Norwich
2. Adey W.H. Townsend R.A. Boykins W.T. The crustose coralline algae (Rhodophyta: Corallinaceae) of the Hawaiian islands Smithson. Contrib. Mar. Sci. 15 1982 1 74
3. Bard E. Hamelin B. Arnold M. Montaggioni L.F. Cabioch G. Faure G. Rougerie F. Deglacial sea level record from Tahiti corals and the timing of global meltwater discharge Nature 382 1996 241 244
4. Beck W.J. Edwards L.R. Ito E. Taylor F.W. Recy J. Rougerie F. Joannot P. Henin C. Sea-surface temperature from skeletal strontium/calcium ratios Science 257 1992 644 647
5. Beck J.W. Récy J. Taylor F.W. Edwards R.L. Cabioch G. Abrupt changes in early Holocene tropical sea surface temperature from coral Sr/Ca thermometry Nature 385 1997 705 707
6. Bloom A.L. Yonekura N. Coastal terraces generated by sea-level change and tectonic uplift Woldenberg M.J. Models in Geomorphology 1985 139 154 Allen - Unwin Winchester, MA
7. Bosence D. Construction and preservation of two modern coralline algal reefs, Saint-Croix, Caribbean Palaeontology 27 1984 549 574
8. Bouchon C. Quantitative study of scleractinian coral communities of Tiahura reef (Moorea Island, French Polynesia) Proc. Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congr., Tahiti vol. 6 1985 279 284 Antenne Museum-EPHE Moorea, French Polynesia
9. Braithwaite C.J.R. Montaggioni L.F. Camoin G. Dalmasso H. Dullo W.-Chr. Mangini A. The origins and development of Holocene reefs: a revisited model based on reef boreholes in the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean Int. J. Earth Sci. 89 2000 431 445
10. 230Th ages of corals from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu Radiocarbon 40 1998 1093-1106
11. Cabioch G. Récifs frangeants de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Pacifique Sud-Ouest). Structure interne et influences de l'eustatisme et de la néotectonique 1988 Publications de l'Université de Provence Aix-Marseille
12. Cabioch G. Montaggioni L.F. Faure G. Holocene initiation and development of New Caledonian fringing reefs, South-West Pacific Coral Reefs 14 1995 131 140
13. Cabioch G. Récy J. Jouannic C. Turpin L. Contrôle environnemental et néotectonique de l'édification récifale en Nouvelle-Calédonie au cours du Quaternaire terminal Bull. Soc. géol. Fr. 167 1996 729 742
14. Cabioch G. Taylor F.W. Récy J. Edwards R.L. Gray S.C. Faure G. Burr G. Corrège T. Environmental and tectonic influences on growth and internal structure of a fringing reef at Tasmaloum (SW Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Island Arc, SW Pacific) Camoin G. Davies P.J. Reefs and Carbonate Platforms in the Pacific and Indian Oceans IAS Special Publication vol. 25 1998 261 277 Blackwell Oxford
15. Cabioch G. Montaggioni L.F. Faure G. Laurenti A. Reef coralgal assemblages as recorders of paleobathymetry and sea level changes in the Indo-Pacific province Quat. Sci. Rev. 18 1999 1681 1695
16. Cabioch G. Corrège T. Turpin L. Castellaro C. Récy J. Development patterns of fringing and barrier reefs in New Caledonia (south-west Pacific) Oceanol. Acta 22 1999 567 578
17. Cabioch G. Taylor F.W. Corrège T. Récy J. Edwards L.R. Burr G.S. Le Cornec F. Banks K.A. Occurrence and significance of microbialites in the uplifted Tasmaloum reef (SW Espiritu Santo, SW Pacific) Sediment. Geol. 126 1999 305 316
18. Camoin G.F. Montaggioni L.F. Stromatolites associated with coralgal communities in Holocene high-energy reefs Geology 21 1993 956 (Reply)
19. Camoin G.F. Montaggioni L.F. High energy coralgal-stromatolite frameworks from Holocene reefs (Tahiti, French Polynesia) Sedimentology 41 1994 655 676
20. Camoin G.F. Colonna M. Montaggioni L.F. Casanova J. Faure G. Thomassin B.A. Holocene sea-level changes and reef development in the southwestern Indian Ocean Coral Reefs 16 1997 247 259
21. Camoin G.F. Gautret P. Montaggioni L.F. Cabioch G. Nature and environmental significance of microbialites in Quaternary reefs: the Tahiti paradox Sediment. Geol. 126 1999 271 304
22. Chappell J. Coral morphology, diversity and reef growth Nature 286 1980 249 252
23. Chappell J. Polach H. Post-glacial sea-level rise from a coral record at Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea Nature 349 1991 147 149
24. Chevalier J.P. Coral reefs of New Caledonia Jones O.A. Endean R. Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs 1973 143 167 Academic Press New York
25. Collins L.B. Zhu Z.R. Wyrwoll K.H. The structure of the Easter Platform, Houtman Abrolhos reefs: pleistocene foundations and Holocene reef growth Mar. Geol. 135 1996 1 13
26. Corrège Th. Delcroix Th. Récy J. Beck W. Cabioch G. Le Cornec F. Evidence for stronger El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events in a mid-Holocene massive coral Paleoceanography 15 2000 465 470
27. Coudray J. Recherches sur le Néogène et le Quaternaire marins de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Contribution de l'étude sédimentologique à la connaissance de l'histoire géologique post-Eocène de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 1976 Fond Singer-Polignac Paris
28. Davies P.J. Hopley D. Growth facies and growth rates of Holocene reefs in the Great Barrier Reef BMR J. Aust. Geol. Geophys. 8 1983 237 251
29. Davies P.J. Montaggioni L.F. Reef growth and sea-level change: the environmental signature Proc. Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congr., Tahiti vol. 3 1985 477 511 Antenne Museum-EPHE Moorea, French Polynesia
30. Davies P.J. Marshall J.F. Hopley D. Relationships between reef growth and sea level in the Great Barrier Reef Proc. Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congr., Tahiti vol. 3 1985 95 103 Antenne Museum-EPHE Moorea, French Polynesia
31. Done T.J. Patterns in the distribution of coral communities across the central Great Barrier reef Coral Reefs 1 1982 95 107
32. Done T.J. Navin K.F. Shallow-water benthic communities on coral reefs Done T.J. Navin K.F. Vanuatu Marine Resources: Report of a Biological Survey 1990 10 36 Australian Institute of Marine Science Townsville
33. Easton W.H. Olson E.A. Radiocarbon profile of Hanauma Reef, Oahu, Hawä Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 87 1976 711 719
34. 230Th ages of corals Science 260 1993 962-968
35. Faure, G., 1982. Recherche sur les peuplements des scléractiniaires des récifs coralliens de l'archipel des Mascareignes (Océan Indien occidental). Thèse Doct ès Sciences, Univ Aix-Marseille II, France.
36. Faure G. Laboute P. L'atoll de Tikehau, Premiers résulats: Formations récifales: I. Définition des unités récifales et distibution des principaux peuplements de scléractiniares Notes Doc. ORSTOM 22 1984 108 136
37. Fontes J.Ch. Launay J. Monzier M. Recy J. Genetic hypothesis on the ancient and recent reef complexes in New Caledonia Int. Symp. on Geodynamics in South-West Pacific, Technip, Nouméa 1977 289 300 Ed. Technip Paris
38. Gilpin, L., 1982. Tectonic geomorphology of Santo Island, Vanuatu. MS Thesis, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
39. Guilcher A. Coral reefs of the New Hebrides, Melanesia, with particular reference to open-sea, not fringing, reefs Proc. Second Int. Coral Reef Symp. vol. 2 1974 523 535 Great Barrier Reef Committee Brisbane
40. Hopley D. The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef: Quaternary Development of Coral Reefs 1982 Wiley New York
41. Hopley D. Coral reefs: zonation, zonality and gradients Essen. Geogr. Arb. 18 1989 79 123
42. Jouannic C. Taylor F.W. Bloom A.L. Sur la surrection et la déformation d'un arc jeune: l'arc des Nouvelles-Hébrides Travaux Doc. ORSTOM 147 1982 223 246
43. Kan H. Nori N. Nakashima Y. Ichikawa K. The evolution of narrow reef flats at high-latitude in the Ryukyu Islands Coral Reefs 14 1995 123 130
44. Laborel J. Vermetid gastropods as sea-level indicators Van de Plassche O. Sea-Level Research: A Manual for the Collection and Evaluation of Data 1986 281 310 Geo Books Norwich
45. Lighty R.G. Macintyre I.G. Stuckenrath R. Acropora palmata reef framework: a reliable indicator of sea level in the Western Atlantic for the past 10000 years Coral Reefs 1 1982 125 130
46. Macintyre I.G. Modern coral reefs of Western Atlantic: new geological perspective Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull. 72 1988 1360 1369
47. Macintyre I.G. Stromatolites associated with coralgal communities in Holocene high-energy reefs Comment. Geol. 21 1993 955
48. Marshall J.F. Potential effects of oceanic deep waters on the initiation and demise of coral reefs Proc. Sixth Int. Coral Reef Symp. vol. 3 1988 509 512 6th International Coral Reef Symposium Executive Committee Townsville, Australia
49. Montaggioni L.F. Structure interne d'un récif corallien holocène (Ile de La Réunion, Océan Indien) Mém. Bur. Rech. Géol. Min. 98 1977 456 466
50. Montaggioni L.F. Holocene reef growth history in mid-plate high volcanic islands Proc. Sixth Int. Coral Reef Symp., Townsville vol. 3 1988 455 460 6th International Coral Reef Symposium Executive Committee Townsville, Australia
51. Montaggioni L.F. Postglacial reef growth C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris 331 2000 319 330
52. Montaggioni L.F. Faure G. Response of reef coral communities to sea level rise: a Holocene model from Mauritius island (Western Indian Ocean) Sedimentology 44 1997 1053 1070
53. Montaggioni L.F. Cabioch G. Camoin G.F. Bard E. Ribaud-Laurenti A. Faure G. Déjardin P. Récy J. Continuous record of reef growth over the past 14 k.y. on the mid-Pacific island of Tahiti Geology 25 1997 555 558
54. Morton J.E. Challis D.A. The biomorphology of Solomon islands shores with a discussion of zoning patterns and ecological terminology Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B 255 1969 459 516
55. Neumann A.C. Macintyre I. Reef response to sea level rise: keep-up, catch-up or give-up Proc. Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congr., Tahiti vol. 3 1985 105 110 Antenne Museum-EPHE Moorea, French Polynesia
56. Partain B.R. Hopley D. Morphology and development of the Cape Tribulation fringing reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Gt. Barrier Reef Mar. Park Auth., Tech. Memo. 21 1989 1 45
57. Pichon, M., 1973. Recherches sur les peuplements à dominance d'Anthozoaires dans les récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). Thèse Doct Sciences, Univ Aix-Marseille II, France.
58. Purdy E.G. Reef configurations: cause and effect Laporte L.F. Reef in Time and Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral. vol. 18 1974 9 76 SEPM Tulsa, USA Special Publication
59. Richard, G., 1982. Mollusques lagunaires et récifaux de Polynésie française. Inventaire faunistique, bionomie, bilan quantitatif, croissance, production. Thèse Doct ès Sci nat, Univ Paris VI.
60. 14C ages of Corals: an updated database including samples from Barbados, Mururoa and Tahiti Radiocarbon 40 1998 1041 1083
61. Taylor, F.W., 1992. Quaternary vertical movements of the central New Hebrides island arc. In: Collot, J.-Y., Greene, H.G., Stokking, L.B. (Eds.), Proc. O.D.P., Initial Report, vol. 134, pp. 33-42.
62. Taylor F.W. Isacks B.L. Jouannic C. Bloom A.L. Dubois J. Coseismic and Quaternary vertical tectonic movements, Santo and Malekula islands, New Hebrides island arc J. Geophys. Res. 85 1980 5367 5381
63. Taylor F.W. Frohlich C. Lecolle J. Strecker M. Analysis of partially emerged corals and reef terraces in the central Vanuatu arc: comparison of contemporary coseismic and nonseismic with Quaternary vertical movements J. Geophys. Res. 92 1987 4905 4933
64. Taylor F.W. Edwards R.L. Cutler K.B. Min G.R. Cheng H. Burr G.S. Beck W.S. Cabioch G. Corrège T. Récy J. Paleotemperature and paleosea level records from Last Glacial Maximum to Late Holocene corals drilled from Western Pacific warm pool reefs Am. Geophys. Union 2000 (Ocean Sciences meeting, abstract)
65. Veron J.E.N. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific 1986 1 644 Angus and Robertson Australia
66. Veron J.E.N. Checklist of the hermatypic corals of Vanuatu Pac. Sci. 44 1990 51 70
67. Veron, J.E.N., 2000. Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR Qld, Townsville.
68. Webster J.M. Davies P.J. Konishi K. Model of fringing reef development in response to progressive se level fall over the last 7000 years-(Kikai-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan) Coral Reefs 17 1998 289 308
69. Woodroffe C.D. Kennedy D.M. Hopley D. Rasmussen C.E. Smithers S.G. Holocene reef growth in Torres Strait Mar. Geol. 170 2000 331-346.