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Scheffers, Anja M., Scheffers, Sander R., Kelletat, Dieter H., Squire, Peter, Collins, Lindsay ORCID: 0000-0002-7813-4987, Feng, Yuexing, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Joannes-Boyau, Renaud ORCID: 0000-0002-0452-486X, May, Simon Matthias ORCID: 0000-0001-6762-7500, Schellmann, Gerhard and Freeman, Heather (2012). Coarse clast ridge sequences as suitable archives for past storm events? Case study on the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia. J. Quat. Sci., 27 (7). S. 713 - 725. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1099-1417

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Abstract

Prehistoric storm records are relatively scarce in most parts of the world. This article presents storm records derived from coral rubble-based geological archives of the Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago located off the west coast of Australia, where the southernmost coral reefs of the Indian Ocean are found. Winter storm swell from the circum-Antarctic Brave Westerlies, as well as tropical cyclone waves, have left numerous ridge systems on dozens of islands of the archipelago, all composed of coral rubble from adjacent reefs. At three islands, seven ridge systems were dated by three different methods: U-series (68 dates), radiocarbon (64 dates), electron spin resonance (7 dates); 139 radiometric dates span the last 5500 years of the Holocene. In contrast to the geomorphological interpretation, the age sequences show inversions, hiatuses and different ages for the same ridge, all pointing to complicated ridge formation processes. Time gaps, some exceeding 1000 years, are interpreted as phases of erosion and not as phases without storm activity. Copyright (C) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Scheffers, Anja M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Scheffers, Sander R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kelletat, Dieter H. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Squire, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Collins, Lindsay UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7813-4987 UNSPECIFIED Feng, Yuexing UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zhao, Jian-Xin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Joannes-Boyau, Renaud UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0452-486X UNSPECIFIED May, Simon Matthias UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6762-7500 UNSPECIFIED Schellmann, Gerhard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Freeman, Heather UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-481475
DOI:	10.1002/jqs.2558
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Quat. Sci.
Volume:	27
Number:	7
Page Range:	S. 713 - 725
Date:	2012
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-1417
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language GREAT-BARRIER-REEF; TROPICAL CYCLONES; RECORD; FREQUENCY; RECONSTRUCTION; VARIABILITY; HURRICANES; SEDIMENTS; ISLANDS; HISTORY Multiple languages Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/48147