How can past sea level be evaluated from traces of anthropogenic layers in ancient saltpans?

PLoS One · 2023 · PMC10355413 · PMID 37467197

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4.4 Geochemical characteristics Geochemical properties of the thirty-nine sediment samples from cores BRB-1, BRB-2 and BRB-5 indicate a decreasing trend in Ca concentrations with core depth in correlation to an opposite trend of increasing Al and Fe concentrations ( S3 File ).

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