Holocene shoreline variations in the Persian Gulf: Example of the Umm al-Qowayn lagoon (UAE)
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...The present shorelines were reached by 6000 yr BP and exceeded as global sea level rose 1–2 m above its present level (Lambeck, 1996; Bernier et al., 1995)....
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...…into the Arabo-Persian Gulf show that the Indian Ocean ingressed more than 1,000 km between 12,000 and 6,000 years ago (e.g., Al-Farraj 2005; Bernier et al. 1995; Bruthans et al. 2006; Cooke 1987; Evans, Kirkham, and Carter 2002; Ivanovich, Vita-Finzi, and Hennig 1983; Lambeck 1996; Teller…...
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...Our observa- tions are that south of about 40}50 km from the coast, modern dunes contain (10% carbonate; this limit may re#ect the southernmost extent of aeolian sands that were derived from marine sediments deposited in the coastal lowlands during the mid-Holocene high sea stand....
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...…relate to the mid-Holocene high sea level that is dated at 4}6000 yr BP (Felber et al., 1978; Evans et al., 1969; McClure and Vita-Finzi, 1982; Bernier et al., 1995; Lambeck, 1996); new radiocarbon dates on carbonates in these raised bioclastic deposits (2}3 m above sea level) from west of…...
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