Continuous record of reef growth over the past 14 k.y. on the mid-Pacific island of Tahiti

Research Article| June 01, 1997 Continuous record of reef growth over the past 14 k.y. on the mid-Pacific island of Tahiti Lucien F. Montaggioni; Lucien F. Montaggioni 1Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique no. 6019, Université de Provence, 13331 Marseille Cedex 03, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Guy Cabioch; Guy Cabioch 2Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération, B.P. 48, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Gilbert F. Camoin; Gilbert F. Camoin 3Unité Mixte de Recherche no. 132, Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement, B.P. 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Edouard Bard; Edouard Bard 3Unité Mixte de Recherche no. 132, Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement, B.P. 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Anne Ribaud Laurenti; Anne Ribaud Laurenti 1Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique no. 6019, Université de Provence, 13331 Marseille Cedex 03, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Gérard Faure; Gérard Faure 1Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique no. 6019, Université de Provence, 13331 Marseille Cedex 03, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Pascale Déjardin; Pascale Déjardin 4Unité Propre du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique no. 6251, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jacques Récy Jacques Récy 2Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération, B.P. 48, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Lucien F. Montaggioni 1Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique no. 6019, Université de Provence, 13331 Marseille Cedex 03, France Guy Cabioch 2Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération, B.P. 48, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Gilbert F. Camoin 3Unité Mixte de Recherche no. 132, Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement, B.P. 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France Edouard Bard 3Unité Mixte de Recherche no. 132, Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement, B.P. 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France Anne Ribaud Laurenti 1Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique no. 6019, Université de Provence, 13331 Marseille Cedex 03, France Gérard Faure 1Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique no. 6019, Université de Provence, 13331 Marseille Cedex 03, France Pascale Déjardin 4Unité Propre du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique no. 6251, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France Jacques Récy 2Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération, B.P. 48, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1997) 25 (6): 555–558. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1997)0252.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Lucien F. Montaggioni, Guy Cabioch, Gilbert F. Camoin, Edouard Bard, Anne Ribaud Laurenti, Gérard Faure, Pascale Déjardin, Jacques Récy; Continuous record of reef growth over the past 14 k.y. on the mid-Pacific island of Tahiti. Geology 1997;; 25 (6): 555–558. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1997)0252.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Two boreholes were drilled through coralgal sequences in the barrier-reef edge of the mid-Pacific island of Tahiti, and their bases were radiometrically dated at 10.23 (±0.05) and 13.77 (±0.05) ka (thousand calendar years). The sequences are composed mainly of the reef-edge Acropora gr. danai-robusta and Hydrolithon onkodes assemblage, occasionally replaced by reef-slope tabular Acropora-Neogoniolithon or domal Porites-Lithophyllum assemblages. The response of reef growth to sea-level rise has varied according to the framework type, and vertical accretion rates have ranged from 9.3 to 20.6 mm ṁ yr−1. From a general trend of long-term, continuous, sea-level rise tracked by growth, the reef-edge coralgal assemblages have experienced two distinct changes controlled by the antecedent paleotopography and internal reef processes. During the past 13.8 k.y. at Tahiti, there is no evidence of any reef-drowning event primarily caused by global glacio-eustatic perturbations as has been recorded in the Caribbean. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. 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