Ice volume and sea level during the last interglacial

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Dutton, Andrea, Lambeck, Kurt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Keywords: ice; biostratigraphy; coral; database; eustacy; ice sheet; isostasy; Last Interglacial; radiative forcing; radiocarbon dating; Antarctica; article; climate; geography; Greenland; interglacial; oscillation; priority journal; sea level; A; Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/63218; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1205749; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/63218/5/f5625xPUB782_2012.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/63218/7/01_Dutton_Ice_volume_and_sea_level_2012.pdf.jpg

During the last interglacial period, ∼125,000 years ago, sea level was at least several meters higher than at present, with substantial variability observed for peak sea level at geographically diverse sites. Speculation that the West Antarctic ice shee