Sea-Level Highstand 81,000 Years Ago in Mallorca
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2010
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1181725
Abstract
Global sea level and Earth’s climate are closely linked. Using speleothem encrustations from coastal caves on the island of Mallorca, we determined that western Mediterranean relative sea level was ~1 meter above modern sea level ~81,000 years ago during marine isotope stage (MIS) 5a. Although our findings seemingly conflict with the eustatic sea-level curve of far-field sites, they corroborate an alternative view that MIS 5a was at least as ice-free as the present, and they challenge the prevailing view of MIS 5 sea-level history and certain facets of ice-age theory.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Science, v. 327, issue 5967, p. 860-863
Scholar Commons Citation
Dorale, Jeffrey A.; Onac, Bogdan P.; Fornós, Joan J.; Ginés, Joaquin; Ginés, Angel; Tuccimei, Paola; and Peate, David W., "Sea-Level Highstand 81,000 Years Ago in Mallorca" (2010). Geology Faculty Publications. 90.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gly_facpub/90
Full Text URL
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1181725
