The Holocene development of the young coastal plain of Suriname

Abstract

A new series of 19 radiocarbon dates from the Holocene picture Young coastal plain in Suriname fits into the of a rapid sea-level rise in this area until about 6000 B.P. From 6000 B.P. onward the sealevel remained essentially at its present position. Indications for a higher position of the sea-level at about 6500 B.P. are inconclusive. From about 6500 B.P. onward the marine influence in the interior part of the young coastal plain diminished, but some marine oscillations were registered. The available evidence is too limited to permit pertinent conclusions about the regional occurence of marine fluctuations. F.om an analysis of the younger Holocene development in the Hertentits area it is concluded that a new subdivision has to be established for understanding of these marine oscillations.