caa a22 4500 445819340 CHVBK 20180317145239.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00338-011-0783-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00338-011-0783-x Holocene uplifted coral reefs in Lanyu and Lutao Islands to the southeast of Taiwan [Elektronische Daten] [S. Inoue, H. Kayanne, N. Matta, W. Chen, Y. Ikeda] Lanyu and Lutao Islands to the southeast of Taiwan are located in the northern extension of the Luzon Arc. Crustal deformation of these islands provides a key to understand the collision of the Luzon Arc against Taiwan. To clarify the style and the rate of vertical movement during the Holocene, uplifted coral reefs fringing these two islands were investigated. Living corals were also investigated for comparison with fossil corals. It was found that Isopora palifera lives dominantly in the upper slope of the present-day fringing coral reefs in Lanyu Island at an average depth of 101±46cm (one standard deviation) below mean sea level. Using I. palifera as an accurate indicator of paleo-sea levels, Holocene relative sea-level changes were reconstructed. Lanyu Island has been uplifted continuously at a rate of 2.0mmyr−1, at least during the late Holocene from 2,269cal. yr BP to the present. Lutao Island has been uplifted at an average rate of 1.2mmyr−1, since at least 5,749cal. yr BP, although it is unclear whether the uplift was continuous. The present observations, combined with the GPS displacement field and deep crustal structure, suggest that the continuous uplift is related to aseismic slip on the Longitudinal Valley Fault. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Uplifted coral reefs nationallicence Holocene nationallicence Isopora palifera nationallicence Taiwan nationallicence Tectonics nationallicence MSL : Mean sea level nationallicence LVF : Longitudinal Valley Fault nationallicence Inoue S. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan aut Kayanne H. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan aut Matta N. Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, 464-8601, Nagoya, Japan aut Chen W. Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, P. O. Box 13318, 106, Taipei, Taiwan aut Ikeda Y. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan aut Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/3(2011-09-01), 581-592 0722-4028 30:3<581 2011 30 338 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0783-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0783-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Inoue S. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kayanne H. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Matta N. Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, 464-8601, Nagoya, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen W. Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, P. O. Box 13318, 106, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ikeda Y. Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 113-0033, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/3(2011-09-01), 581-592 0722-4028 30:3<581 2011 30 338 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer