@article{PAR00009028, title = {{R}eef response to sea-level and environmental changes during the last deglaciation : integrated ocean drilling program expedition 310, {T}ahiti sea level}, author = {{C}amoin, {G}. {F}. and {S}eard, {C}. and {D}eschamps, {P}ierre and {W}ebster, {J}. {M}. and {A}bbey, {E}. and {B}raga, {J}. {C}. and {I}ryu, {Y}. and {D}urand, {N}. and {B}ard, {E}. and {H}amelin, {B}. and {Y}okoyama, {Y}. and {T}homas, {A}. {L}. and {H}enderson, {G}. {M}. and {D}ussouillez, {P}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he last deglaciation is characterized by a rapid sea-level rise and coeval abrupt environmental changes. {T}he {B}arbados coral reef record suggests that this period has been punctuated by two brief intervals of accelerated melting (meltwater pulses, {MWP}), occurring at 14.08-13.61 ka and 11.4-11.1 ka (calendar years before present), that are superimposed on a smooth and continuous rise of sea level. {A}lthough their timing, magnitude, and even existence have been debated, those catastrophic sea-level rises are thought to have induced distinct reef drowning events. {T}he reef response to sea-level and environmental changes during the last deglacial sea-level rise at {T}ahiti is reconstructed based on a chronological, sedimentological, and paleobiological study of cores drilled through the relict reef features on the modern forereef slopes during the {I}ntegrated {O}cean {D}rilling {P}rogram {E}xpedition 310, complemented by results on previous cores drilled through the {P}apeete reef. {R}eefs accreted continuously between 16 and 10 ka, mostly through aggradational processes, at growth rates averaging 10 mm yr(-1). {N}o cessation of reef growth, even temporary, has been evidenced during this period at {T}ahiti. {C}hanges in the composition of coralgal assemblages coincide with abrupt variations in reef growth rates and characterize the response of the upward-growing reef pile to nonmonotonous sea-level rise and coeval environmental changes. {T}he sea-level jump during {MWP} 1{A}, 16 +/- 2 m of magnitude in similar to 350 yr, induced the retrogradation of shallow-water coral assemblages, gradual deepening, and incipient reef drowning. {T}he {T}ahiti reef record does not support the occurrence of an abrupt reef drowning event coinciding with a sea-level pulse of similar to 15 m, and implies an apparent rise of 40 mm yr(-1) during the time interval corresponding to {MWP} 1{B} at {B}arbados.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{G}eology}, volume = {40}, numero = {7}, pages = {643--646}, ISSN = {0091-7613}, year = {2012}, DOI = {10.1130/g32057.1}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00009028}, }