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Project Overview

We plan a reconstruction of late Quaternary environmental history of the Kallang basin, southern Singapore. Our research integrates sedimentary facies analysis, unique scanning technologies, a chronological framework from radiocarbon and OSL dating, and geochemical investigations of δ13C, δ15N, and C/N applied to eight high recovery sediment cores up to 40 m long from 4 sites in the Kallang River Basin. Cores from one site contain two marine facies successions allowing the first direct comparison of Holocene environments with the last interglacial sediments. The use of multiproxy approaches will significantly improve our facies interpretation allow the analysis of the influence of eustatic fluctuations in sea level, regional tectonics and vegetation history in the early Holocene.

Project Years

2017, 2018

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Publications

Year 2018

Sea-Level and Coastal Evolution of the Kallang River Basin, Singapore

Stephen Chua, Adam Switzer, Benjamin P. Horton, C Rowe, J Whan, Keven Roy, et al.

Year 2017

Quaternary Stratigraphy of the Kallang River Basin, Singapore

Stephen Chua, Adam Switzer, Charles Rubin, K Chiam, & Kerry Sieh

Year 2017

A high-resolution geological model for central Sundaland: Quaternary Stratigraphy of the Kallang River Basin, Singapore

Stephen Chua, Adam Switzer, Charles Rubin, K Chiam, & Kerry Sieh
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The Team

Adam SWITZER

Adam SWITZER

Principal Investigator

Benjamin HORTON

Benjamin HORTON

Director, EOS

Kerry SIEH

Kerry SIEH

Founding Director Emeritus, EOS

Stephen CHUA

Stephen CHUA

Principal Investigator

Susanna JENKINS

Susanna JENKINS

Principal Investigator

Collaborators

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Michael Bird, James Cook University

Chris Gouramanis, National University of Singapore

Collaborator(s):

Mark Bateman, University of Sheffield

Balázs Gulyás, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University

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