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Last interglacial sea-level proxies in the Korean Peninsula
Woo Hun Ryang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Division of Science Education and Institute of Science Education,
Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 54896, Republic of Korea
Alexander R. Simms
Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa
Barbara, Santa
Barbara, California 93106, USA
Hyun Ho Yoon
Geological Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and
Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
Seung Soo Chun
Faculty of Earth System and Environmental Sciences, Chonnam
National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
Gee Soo Kong
Petroleum and Marine Research Division, Korea Institute of
Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
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This work is part of the World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (WALIS), whose aim is to construct a database of Last Interglacial (LIG) relative sea-level (RSL) indicators from across the globe. This paper reviews the LIG sea-level constraints from the Korean Peninsula entered into the online WALIS database. This paper including the dataset will contribute to reconstructing global LIG sea-level changes and regional LIG RSL in the Korean Peninsula.
This work is part of the World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (WALIS), whose aim is to...
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