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A review of last interglacial sea-level proxies in the western Atlantic and southwestern Caribbean, from Brazil to Honduras
Karla Rubio-Sandoval
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Alessio Rovere
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Ciro Cerrone
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universitá degli Studi di
Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Paolo Stocchi
Coastal Systems
Department, NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59 1790 AB Den Burg (Texel), the
Netherlands
Thomas Lorscheid
Research Group for Earth Observation (rgeo), Department of Geography, Heidelberg University of Education, Heidelberg, Germany
Thomas Felis
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Ann-Kathrin Petersen
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Deirdre D. Ryan
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Kathrine Maxwell, Hildegard Westphal, and Alessio Rovere
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Marine Isotope Stage 5e (MIS 5e; the Last Interglacial, 125 ka) represents a period in the Earth’s geologic history when sea level was higher than present. In this paper, a standardized database was produced after screening and reviewing LIG sea-level data from published papers in Southeast Asia. We identified 43 unique sea-level indicators (42 from coral reef terraces and 1 from a tidal notch) and compiled the data in the World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (WALIS).
Deirdre D. Ryan, Alastair J. H. Clement, Nathan R. Jankowski, and Paolo Stocchi
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Evan J. Gowan, Alessio Rovere, Deirdre D. Ryan, Sebastian Richiano, Alejandro Montes, Marta Pappalardo, and Marina L. Aguirre
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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.
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The Last Interglacial (LIG) is a warm period characterized by a higher-than-present sea level. For this reason, scientists use it as an analog for future climatic conditions. In this paper, we use the World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines database to standardize LIG sea-level data along the coasts of the western Atlantic and mainland Caribbean, identifying 55 unique sea-level indicators.
The Last Interglacial (LIG) is a warm period characterized by a higher-than-present sea level....
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