The Effects of the Holocene Sea Level Rise on the Evolution of the Southeastern Coast of the Canadian Beaufort Sea

• Main Authors: Hequette, Arnaud, Ruz, Marie Helene, Hill, Philip R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Coastal Research 2012
• Subjects: Geoscience; Geography; Ocean Science; Oceanography; Marine Science; Coastal Geology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Beaufort Sea coast; Holocene; relative sea level rise; transgressive stratigraphy; Barrier Islands; Beaufort Sea; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://journals.fcla.edu/jcr/article/view/79556

In the Canadian Beaufort Sea, relative sea level (RSL) rose during the Holocene from approximately -70m to its present position. The rate of RSL rise during the early Holocene was on the order of 4 to 5 mm a-1, and then increased to 7 to 14 mm a-1 during the mid-Holocene. Over the last 3,000 years,...