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Review article |
| 28 Jan 2021
| 28 Jan 2021
Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea-level proxies in southeastern South America
Evan J. Gowan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Alessio Rovere
MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Deirdre D. Ryan
MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Sebastian Richiano
Instituto Patagónico de Geología y Paleontología, IPGP CENPAT CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Alejandro Montes
Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur, Instituto de Ciencias Polares, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Laboratorio de Geomorfología y Cuaternario, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC-CONICET), Ushuaia, Argentina
Marta Pappalardo
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Marina L. Aguirre
CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, La Plata, Argentina
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP),La Plata, Argentina
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Short summary
During the last interglacial (130 to 115 ka), global sea level was higher than present. The World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (WALIS) has been created to document this. In this paper, we have compiled data for southeastern South America. There are landforms that indicate that sea level was 5 to 25 m higher than present during this time period. However, the quality of these data is hampered by limitations on elevation measurements, chronology, and geological descriptions.
During the last interglacial (130 to 115 ka), global sea level was higher than present. The...
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