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Last Interglacial sea-level data points from Northwest Europe
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.115,
3508TC Utrecht, the Netherlands
Víctor Cartelle
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
current address: Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean site,
Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400 Oostende, Belgium
Robert Barnett
Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter
EX4 4RJ, UK
Freek S. Busschers
TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands, P.O. Box 80.015, 3508TA
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Natasha L. M. Barlow
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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We describe a geological sea-level dataset for the Last Interglacial period (peaking ~125 000 years ago). From 80 known sites in and around the North Sea and English Channel (from below coastal plains, from along terraced parts of coastlines, from offshore), we provide and document 146 data points (35 entries in the Netherlands, 10 in Belgium, 23 in Germany, 17 in Denmark, 36 in Britain and the Channel Isles, 25 in France) that are also viewable at https://warmcoasts.eu/world-atlas.html.
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