Fig. 2: Example of LIG strandplain along the Queensland coast. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Example of LIG strandplain along the Queensland coast.

From: Influence of reef isostasy, dynamic topography, and glacial isostatic adjustment on sea-level records in Northeastern Australia

Fig. 2

a Digital Elevation Model36 and b topographic profile of the Wyvuri Embayment, where Gagan et al.31 identified LIG coastal sediments in a core under a dune/beach barrier. The star indicates the approximate point where core JW4 of Gagan et al.31 was drilled. Numbers 1-4 indicate the facies reported in Gagan et al.31: 1 Holocene beach barrier; 2 Holocene back-barrier; 3 Holocene freshwater swamp; 4 Last Interglacial beach barrier. The blue dot indicates the inner part of the LIG barrier used as a sea-level proxy in this study. The blue transparent overlay on the topographic profile indicates the paleo RSL calculated using the elevation of the inner margin of the barrier and the indicative meaning calculator tool32.

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