1989 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A comparative study on sea-level changes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
| Project/Area Number |
01041019
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
YONEKURA Nobuyuki Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 理学部, 助教授 (30011563)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKADA Masao Faculty of Science, Kumamoto University, 理学部, 助教授 (50207817)
MATSUSHIMA Yoshiaki Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, 専門学芸員 (20124521)
MAEDA Yasuo Faculty of Education, Yamagata University, 教育学部, 教授 (20219281)
MIYATA Takao Faculty of General Education, Kobe University, 教養部, 助教授 (00107989)
MATSUMOTO Eiji Water Research Institute, Nagoya University, 水園科学研究所, 教授 (30199864)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1989
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| Keywords | Holocene sea-level change / Tectonics / Pacific Ocean / Indian Ocean / Distribution of viscosity |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of the project is to determine the Holocene sea-level changes over a wide area of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is posturated that a systematic trend of sea-level changes over a long distance would be caused by an isostatic adjustment of the solid Earth, associated with the melting of continental ice sheets and resulting redistribution of sea water. In 1989, geological and geomorphological studies of coastal lowlands and modern coral reefs in Indonesia (Sunba Island), western coast of Malaysia, Viti Levu (Fiji Islands) have been conducted and materials for C-14 dating have been collected. Field evidence of high sea stand in mid-Holocne are rather consistent with predicted changes in sea-level as derived from geophysical simulations.
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Research Products
(10 results)
