A database of biological and geomorphological sea-level markers from the Last Glacial Maximum to present
A database of biological and geomorphological sea-level markers from the Last Glacial Maximum to present
The last deglacial was an interval of rapid climate and sea-level change, including the collapse of large continental ice sheets. This database collates carefully assessed sea-level data from peer-reviewed sources for the interval 0 to 25 thousand years ago (ka), from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present interglacial. In addition to facilitating site-specific reconstructions of past sea levels, the database provides a suite of data beyond the range of modern/instrumental variability that may help hone future sea-level projections. The database is global in scope, internally consistent, and contains U-series and radiocarbon dated indicators from both biological and geomorpohological archives. We focus on far-field data (i.e., away from the sites of the former continental ice sheets), but some key intermediate (i.e., from the Caribbean) data are also included. All primary fields (i.e., sample location, elevation, age and context) possess quantified uncertainties, which - in conjunction with available metadata - allows the reconstructed sea levels to be interpreted within both their uncertainties and geological context.
Hibbert, F.D.
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Williams, F.H.
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Fallon, S.J.
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Rohling, E.J.
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Hibbert, F.D.
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Williams, F.H.
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Fallon, S.J.
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Rohling, E.J.
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Hibbert, F.D., Williams, F.H., Fallon, S.J. and Rohling, E.J.
(2018)
A database of biological and geomorphological sea-level markers from the Last Glacial Maximum to present.
Scientific Data, 5, [180088].
(doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.88).
Abstract
The last deglacial was an interval of rapid climate and sea-level change, including the collapse of large continental ice sheets. This database collates carefully assessed sea-level data from peer-reviewed sources for the interval 0 to 25 thousand years ago (ka), from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present interglacial. In addition to facilitating site-specific reconstructions of past sea levels, the database provides a suite of data beyond the range of modern/instrumental variability that may help hone future sea-level projections. The database is global in scope, internally consistent, and contains U-series and radiocarbon dated indicators from both biological and geomorpohological archives. We focus on far-field data (i.e., away from the sites of the former continental ice sheets), but some key intermediate (i.e., from the Caribbean) data are also included. All primary fields (i.e., sample location, elevation, age and context) possess quantified uncertainties, which - in conjunction with available metadata - allows the reconstructed sea levels to be interpreted within both their uncertainties and geological context.
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Accepted/In Press date: 13 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 May 2018
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