Mangrove shoreline responses to Holocene environmental change, Makassar Strait, Indonesia

Pollen and radiocarbon analyses have been used to study environmental and mangrove dynamics at two near-coastal sites at Batulicin, South Kalimantan and Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. These two sites are separated by the Makassar Strait. The results indicate that mangroves developed at Batuli...

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Published in:	Review of palaeobotany and palynology Vol. 131; no. 3; pp. 251 - 268
Main Authors:	Yulianto, Eko, Sukapti, W.S, Rahardjo, A.T, Noeradi, Dardji, Siregar, D.A, Suparan, P, Hirakawa, K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 01-09-2004
Subjects:	Holocene Indonesia Makassar Strait mangrove palynology ISEW, Borneo, Kalimantan ISEW, Indonesia, Sulawesi ISEW, Indonesia ISEW, Indonesia, Makassar Strait palynology mangrove Makassar Strait Holocene Indonesia
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Summary:	Pollen and radiocarbon analyses have been used to study environmental and mangrove dynamics at two near-coastal sites at Batulicin, South Kalimantan and Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. These two sites are separated by the Makassar Strait. The results indicate that mangroves developed at Batulicin in the mid-Holocene following sea-level stabilization. Although mangroves might have degraded to some extent due to a high rate of sea level rise prior to the mid-Holocene peak, they persisted to the present time at Batulicin. In contrast, mangrove development commenced at Pare-Pare in the early Holocene following Holocene transgression. Their development was abruptly halted in the mid-Holocene. Deposition at the site since the mid Holocene has been supra-tidal terrestrial (fluvial/floodplain), this may have been facilitated by a minor sea-level regression. Briefly, Holocene environmental and mangrove dynamics at Batulicin are: shallow marine-lower half intertidal zone/mid-tide mangroves forest-upper half intertidal zone/high-tide mangroves, while at Pare-Pare site are: terrestrial/fluvial environment-intertidal zone/mangroves-fluvial environment.
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ISSN:	0034-6667 1879-0615
DOI:	10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.03.009