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dc.contributor.authorCollins, Lindsay
dc.contributor.authorTesta, Viviane
dc.contributor.authorZhao, J.
dc.contributor.authorQu, D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:26:40Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:26:40Z
dc.date.created2012-03-05T20:00:52Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationCollins, L. B. and Testa, V. and Zhao, J. and Qu, D. 2011. Holocene Growth History and Evolution of the Scott Reef Carbonate Platform and Coral Reef. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 94: pp. 239-250.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21673
dc.description.abstract

As a prominent isolated oceanic atoll-like reef within the Oceanic Shoals Biozone to the west of the Kimberley coast, Scott reef is a small carbonate platform located in a distal ramp setting on Australia's Northwest Shelf. Rising from depths of 400-700 m it is a complex of two large isolated coral reefs separated by a deep channel; the pear-shaped North Reef and the crescent-shaped South Reef. Small differences in subsidence rates indicate differential subsidence between the paired platforms. Holocene (MIS 1, last 10ka) reef initiation was at 11.3 ka, soon after Meltwater Pulse 1B thereby bracketing the Holocene growth phase to the subsequent deglaciation sea-level rise. The crest of southeast North Reef (and the rising sea-level) reached close to present sea level (-1.5m LAT) by 2.7 ka ago. There is no record of the southwest Australian sea level high stand of about +2m some 7 ka BP. The Holocene reef growth history record obtained for this long lived and resilient reef system is one of the most detailed yet for the western margin of Australia.

dc.publisherRoyal Society of Western Australia
dc.subjectScott Reef
dc.subjectcoral reef
dc.subjectgrowth history
dc.subjectcarbonate platform
dc.subjectmarine isotope stages
dc.subjectKimberley
dc.subjectOceanic Shoals Biozone
dc.subjectsubsidence
dc.subjectNorth West Shelf
dc.subjectcores
dc.subjectglobal sea levels
dc.titleHolocene Growth History and Evolution of the Scott Reef Carbonate Platform and Coral Reef
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume94
dcterms.source.startPage239
dcterms.source.endPage250
dcterms.source.issn0035-922X
dcterms.source.titleJournal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Geology
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