MIS 5e sea-level history along the Pacific coast of North America

Muhs, Daniel R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1271-2022

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WALIS – the World Atlas of Last Interglacial...

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1271-2022

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22 Mar 2022

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MIS 5e sea-level history along the Pacific coast of North America

Daniel R. Muhs

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1271-2022-supplement

Data sets

MIS 5e relative sea-level index points along the Pacific coast of North America (1.1) [Data set]. D. R. Muhs, J. F. Wehmiller, D. D. Ryan, and A. Rovere https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5903285

MIS 5e relative sea-level index points along the Pacific coast of North America (1.0) Daniel Muhs https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5557355

Descriptions of database fields for the World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (WALIS) (1,0) Alessio Rovere, Deirdre Ryan, Colin Murray-Wallace, Alexander Simms, Matteo Vacchi, Andrea Dutton, Thomas Lorscheid, Peter Chutcharavan, Dominik Brill, Melanie Bartz, Nathan Jankowski, Daniela Mueller, Kim Cohen, and Evan Gowan https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3961544

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The last interglacial period, known as marine isotope substage (MIS) 5e, was the last time in recent geologic history when sea level was substantially higher than present. It is an important time period to understand because climate models forecast a higher global sea level in the not-too-distant future. Geologic records of this high-sea stand (marine terraces, reefs) along the Pacific coast of North America are reviewed here with the identification of knowledge gaps where more work is needed.