Calculating sediment compaction for radiocarbon dating of intertidal sediments

Radiocarbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 421-435

  Bird, M I ^a,b   Fifield, L K ^c   Chua, S ^a   Goh, B ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION;

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SINGAPORE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 3543124814     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200039734     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (16)

1. Allen JRL. 2000. Holocene coastal lowlands: autocompaction and the uncertain ground. In: Pye K, Allen JRL, editors. Coastal and estuarine environments: sedimentology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. Geological Society Special Publication 175:239-52.
2. Alongi D, Tirendi F, Dixon P, Trott LA, Brunskill GJ. 1999. Mineralization of organic matter in intertidal sediments of a tropical semi-enclosed delta. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 48:451-67.
3. Alongi D, Tirendi F, Clough BF. 2000. Below-ground decomposition of organic matter in forests of the mangroves, Rhizophora stylosa and Avicennia marina, along the arid coast of Western Australia. Aquatic Botany 68:97-122.
4. Alongi D, Wattayakorn G, Pfitzner J, Tirendi F, Zagorskis I, Brunskill GJ, Davidson A, Clough BF. 2001. Organic carbon accumulation and metabolic pathways in sediments of mangrove forests in southern Thailand. Marine Geology 179:85-103.
5. Blasco F, Saenger P, Janodet E. 1996. Mangroves as indicators of coastal change. Catena 27:167-78.
6. Chua CW. 2003. Environmental History of the Sungei Buloh-Kranji Mangrove coast. [BA honors thesis]. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University.
7. Ellison JC. 1989. Pollen analysis of mangrove sediments as a sea-level indicator. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology 74:327-41
8. Ellison JC. 1993. Mangrove retreat with rising sea-level, Bermuda. Estuanne, Coastal and Shelf Science 37:75-87.
9. Ellison JC. 1998. Impacts of sediment burial on mangroves. Marine Pollution Bulletin 37:420-6.
10. Ellison JC, Stoddart DR. 1991. Mangrove ecosystem collapse with predicted sea-level rise: Holocene analogues and implications. Journal of Coastal Research 7:151-65.
11. Fujimoto K. 2000. Below-ground carbon sequestration of mangrove forests in the Asia-Pacific region. International Workshop Asia-Pacific Cooperation on Research for Conservation of Mangroves. 26-30 March 2000, Okinawa, Japan.
12. Hesp PA, Chang CH, Hilton M, Ming CL, Turner IM. 1998. A first tentative Holocene sea-level curve for Singapore. Journal of Coastal Research 14:308-14.
13. Pirazzoli PA. 1996. Sea-Level Changes. The Last 20,000 Years. Chichester: John Wiley.
14. Stanley DJ, Hait AK. 2000. Deltas, radiocarbon dating, and measurements of sediment storage and subsidence. Geology 28:295-8.
15. Stuiver M, Reimer PJ, Braziunas TF. 1998. High-precision radiocarbon age calibration for terrestrial and marine samples. Radiocarbon 40(3):1127-51. (Data available at http://www.calib.org/).
16. Woodroffe CD. 1981. Mangrove swamp stratigraphy and Holocene transgression, Grand Cayman Island, West Indies. Marine Geology 41:271-94.