DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD MANGROVE SWAMPS IN MID-HOLOCENE TIMES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA

被引：190

作者：

WOODROFFE, CD

THOM, BG

CHAPPELL, J

机构：

[1] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,CANBERRA,ACT 2600,AUSTRALIA

[2] UNIV SYDNEY,DEPT GEOG,SYDNEY,NSW 2006,AUSTRALIA

来源：

NATURE | 1985年 / 317卷 / 6039期

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D O I：

10.1038/317711a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Mangrove forests in northern Australia typically occur as fringes along tidal estuaries and relatively sheltered coasts. Radiocarbon dating evidence from the South Alligator River, presented here, suggests that extensive mangrove swamps developed between 6,500 and 7,000 yr ago and flourished for about 1,000 yr. Pollen analysis of a stratigraphic core at a mid-plains site links the growth of these forests with the interaction of sea-level change and sedimentation. This was succeeded by the development of flood-plains with tidal river channels, a dramatic ecological change that has implications for all coastal and nearshore systems. © 1985 Nature Publishing Group.

引用

页码：711 / 713

页数：3

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