Holocene Coastal Landscape Dynamics from a King River Sediment Core, Australia

A 6-meter sediment core from the King River region in north-west Australia provides a detailed record of Holocene landscape development. The dataset, published by Parks Australia, includes sedimentological and palynological analyses spanning from the early Holocene to the present. It captures environmental shifts including mangrove forest changes, monsoon rainfall patterns, and late Holocene aridification.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing Holocene mangrove forest extent and biodiversity based on palynological data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the timing and drivers of coastal landscape transitions based on sedimentological records of intertidal environments and fluvial activity
• Modeling past monsoon rainfall intensity and aridification trends based on inferred vegetation and sediment changes
• Comparing the timing of ecosystem shifts in tropical Australia based on the described regional differences

Strengths

• Core length of 6 meters provides a continuous physical record
• Record spans most of the Holocene, offering long-term temporal coverage
• Analysis includes both sedimentological and palynological techniques, suggesting multi-proxy data

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single core site in the eastern Kimberley

Provenance

Source

Parks Australia, referencing a source publication

Collection Method

Sedimentological and palynological analysis of a sediment core

Time Range

Holocene, with specific events dated (e.g., 7.4k to 6.5k cal a BP)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 23:31:18.871597; freshness should be verified

Geography

King River region, eastern Kimberley, north-west Australia