Citation:

PANGAEA.910120

Name: Elevation measurements and sea level interpretations for South Africa Pliocene sites
Published: 2019-12-18
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Coastal geology; Pliocene; sea level

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Keyword(s):

Coastal geology; Pliocene; sea level

Related to:

Hearty, Paul J; Rovere, Alessio; Sandstrom, Michael R; O'Leary, Michael J; Roberts, David; Raymo, Maureen E (2020): Pliocene-Pleistocene stratigraphy and sea-level estimates, Republic of South Africa (RSA). Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003835

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -31.984657 * Median Longitude: 18.591509 * South-bound Latitude: -34.674800 * West-bound Longitude: 17.248636 * North-bound Latitude: -30.169875 * East-bound Longitude: 21.418318

Minimum Elevation: 11.5 m * Maximum Elevation: 41.1 m

Event(s):

ZBR * Latitude: -34.674800 * Longitude: 19.924503 * Elevation: 21.9 m * Location: South Africa

ZCH_Sec1 * Latitude: -31.514139 * Longitude: 18.051094 * Elevation: 15.0 m * Location: South Africa

ZCP_Sec1 * Latitude: -31.587436 * Longitude: 18.119392 * Elevation: 29.1 m * Location: South Africa

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Rovere, Alessio
2	Geographic name/locality	Locality		Rovere, Alessio
3	Section	Sect		Rovere, Alessio
4	Geographic name/locality	Locality		Rovere, Alessio
5	Distance	Distance	km	Rovere, Alessio	Distance from previous site
6	Relative sea level indicator	RSL indicator		Rovere, Alessio	Type of indicator
7	Relative sea level indicator	RSL indicator		Rovere, Alessio
8	Error	Error		Rovere, Alessio	GPS horizontal error +/- 1sigma [m]
9	Elevation 2	Elev2	m a.s.l.	Rovere, Alessio	Ellipsoid elevation (ITRF-WGS84) [m]
10	Elevation 2	Elev2	m a.s.l.	Rovere, Alessio	Geoid Elevation [m]
11	Error	Error		Rovere, Alessio	GPS vertical error +/- 1sigma [m]
12	Error	Error		Rovere, Alessio	Geoid error [m]
13	Elevation, error	Elevation er	±	Rovere, Alessio
14	Mean higher high water	MHHW	m	Rovere, Alessio
15	Mean lower low water	MLLW	m	Rovere, Alessio
16	Wave height	Wave h	m	Rovere, Alessio	Storm Wave Swash Height (SWSH)
17	Depth, wave breaking	db	m	Rovere, Alessio
18	Platform outer elevation	POE	m	Rovere, Alessio
19	Height of upper distribution of organisms	Distribution h	m	Rovere, Alessio	Upper distribution of organisms at the modern shoreline
20	Modern shore platform inner margin elevation	Elevation platform	m	Rovere, Alessio
21	Water level	WL	m	Rovere, Alessio	Reference water level
22	Range	Range	m	Rovere, Alessio	Indicative range
23	Sea level, relative	Sea lev rel	m	Rovere, Alessio	Paleo Relative Sea Level
24	Sea level, relative standard deviation	Sea level std dev	±	Rovere, Alessio	Sigma Relative Sea Level
25	Uncertainty	Uncertainty	±	Rovere, Alessio	Plus-minus 1 Sigma RSL including additional uncertainty [m]
26	Uncertainty	Uncertainty	±	Rovere, Alessio	Plus-minus 2 Sigma RSL including additional uncertainty [m]

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Size:

296 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Locality	3 Sect	4 Locality	5 Distance [km] (Distance from previous site)	6 RSL indicator (Type of indicator)	7 RSL indicator	8 Error (GPS horizontal error +/- 1sig...)	9 Elev2 [m a.s.l.] (Ellipsoid elevation (ITRF-WGS...)	10 Elev2 [m a.s.l.] (Geoid Elevation [m])	11 Error (GPS vertical error +/- 1sigma...)	12 Error (Geoid error [m])	13 Elevation er [±]	14 MHHW [m]	15 MLLW [m]	16 Wave h [m] (Storm Wave Swash Height (SWSH))	17 db [m]	18 POE [m]	19 Distribution h [m] (Upper distribution of organis...)	20 Elevation platform [m]	21 WL [m] (Reference water level)	22 Range [m] (Indicative range)	23 Sea lev rel [m] (Paleo Relative Sea Level)	24 Sea level std dev [±] (Sigma Relative Sea Level)	25 Uncertainty [±] (Plus-minus 1 Sigma RSL includ...)	26 Uncertainty [±] (Plus-minus 2 Sigma RSL includ...)
ZSN29_Sec1	Northern Cape Province - Hondeklip Bay	Section 1	Somnaas	0.00	SLI	Horizontal barnacle/oyster band on cobbles/boulders above a shore platform	0.3	67.5	33.8	0.2	0.1	0.3		-0.6				0.8		0.1	1.4	33.7	0.8	0.9	1.8
ZSN29_Sec2	Northern Cape Province - Hondeklip Bay	Section 2	Somnaas	0.20	MLI	Ophiomorpha burrows, subtidal cross-bedding and coarse pebbles	0.5	66.5	32.8	0.5	0.1	0.5
ZSLT23	Northern Cape Province - Hondeklip Bay		Koingnass	14.50	TLI	Storm deposit (i.e. deposited above MHHW)	0.3	72.7	41.1	0.3	0.1	0.3
ZLK_N14.3	Northern Cape Province - Hondeklip Bay		Langklip	5.60	SLI	Horizontal barnacle/oyster band on cobbles/boulders above a shore platform	0.5	60.3	28.8	0.4	0.1	0.4		-0.6				0.8		0.1	1.4	28.7	0.8	1.0	2.0
ZLK_N6_SecN	Northern Cape Province - Hondeklip Bay	Section North	Langklip	2.00	MLI	Contact between marine and terrestrial deposits	0.1	46.1	12.6	0.1	0.1	0.2
ZLK_N6_SecS	Northern Cape Province - Hondeklip Bay	Section South	Langklip	0.20	MLI	Contact between marine and terrestrial deposits	0.1	48.3	14.8	0.3	0.1	0.3
ZLK_N3	Northern Cape Province - Hondeklip Bay		Langklip	3.30	SLI	Transition between a subtidal (Upper shoreface) to intertidal facies	0.2	63.5	30.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6			-3.4				-1.4	4.0	31.4	2.0	2.4	4.8
ZCP_Sec1	Northern Cape Province - Olifants River mouth	Section 1	Cliff Point	154.50	SLI	Shore platform	0.2	62.9	29.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	-0.6		-3.0	-1.8			-0.6	2.5	29.7	1.3	1.5	3.0
ZCP_Sec2	Northern Cape Province - Olifants River mouth	Section 2	Cliff Point	0.02	SLI	Transition between a subtidal (Upper shoreface) to intertidal facies	0.2	67.7	33.9	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.6			-3.0				-1.2	3.7	35.1	1.8	2.2	4.4
ZCH_Sec1	Northern Cape Province - Olifants River mouth	Section 1	Channel	10.40	SLI	Transition between a subtidal (Upper shoreface) to intertidal facies	0.3	48.8	15.0	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6			-3.0				-1.2	3.7	16.2	1.9	2.2	4.4
ZDG	Northern Cape Province - Olifants River mouth		Donkergat	36.20	SLI	Shore platform	0.1	48.0	14.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.6	-0.6		-3.0	-1.8		1.4	-0.2	3.2	14.2	1.6	2.0	4.0
ZPPH	Western cape Province - West Central coast		Prospect Hill	136.60	MLI	Subtidal cross beds and boulder with Patella sp	0.3	42.3	11.5	0.5	0.1	0.5
ZBR	Western cape Province - West South coast		Breasdorp	262.50	MLI	Marine terrace/constructional platform	0.4	53.7	21.9	0.2	0.1	0.2
ZDH_(Z3)	Western cape Province - West South coast		De Hoop	49.80	SLI	Marine geomorphic terrace/sedimentary constructional platform	0.6	60.2	26.3	1.0	0.1	1.0			3.3	-3.4				0.0	6.7	26.3	3.5	4.2	8.3
ZST_Sec1	Western cape Province - West South coast	Section1	Still Baai	94.30	SLI	Shore platform	0.6	49.2	17.8	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.7	-0.7		-2.4	-1.5			-0.4	2.2	18.2	1.2	1.4	2.9
ZST_Sec2	Western cape Province - West South coast	Section2	Still Baai	0.50	SLI	Shore platform	1.0	49.2	15.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.7	-0.7		-2.4	-1.5			-0.4	2.2	16.2	1.2	1.5	3.0
ZST_Sec3	Western cape Province - West South coast	Section3	Still Baai	2.00	SLI	Shore platform	2.7	53.8	22.3	4.1	0.1	4.1	0.7	-0.7		-2.4	-1.5			-0.4	2.2	22.7	4.2	5.1	10.2