Liew, Ping. -MeiPing. -MeiLiewHsieh, Meng. -LongMeng. -LongHsieh2009-11-042018-06-282009-11-042018-06-282000http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/172492Based on the palynological study of two alpine lakes of the central mountains and a lake at 460 m elevation in northeastern Taiwan, a warm event which lasted several hundred years from about cal 2 ka, followed a cool-dry interval from about cal 3.7-2.0 ka. Evidence indicates a warmer annual temperature of 1-2°C and relatively higher precipitation during the warm interval compared with the cool-dry interval. Sea level at cal 2-1.5 ka is estimated to have been 130-150 cm higher than at present based on data from the Penghu Islands off western Taiwan (Chen and Liu, Quaternary Research 45, 254-262, 1996). In northern Taiwan, the corresponding sea level rise is recognized by a widening of the estuary in the Taipei Basin (Lin, Development of Taipei City, pp. 159-246, 1981), which is consistent with the distribution of archaeological sites around cal 2 ka. The age of lower river terraces in northern (Lanyang) and southern (Erhjen) Taiwan, are consistently in the range cal. 2.5-1.5 ka. This suggests an island-wide morphological process, probably relating to climate change. This study discusses the inferred climate change and possible morphological responses. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.application/pdf716357 bytesapplication/pdfen-US[SDGs]SDG13[SDGs]SDG14climate change; Holocene; paleoclimate; river discharge; sea level; Taiwanjournal article10.1016/S1367-9120(99)00081-4http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/172492/1/08.pdf