%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:6657275 %A Dorale, Jeffrey A. %A Onac, Bogdan P. %A Fornos, Joan J. %A Gines, Joaquin %A Gines, Angel %A Tuccimei, Paola %A Peate, David W. %D 2010 %J Science %K sea_level pleistocene %N 5967 %P 860--863 %R 10.1126/science.1181725 %T Sea-Level Highstand 81,000 Years Ago in Mallorca %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1181725 %V 327 %X 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. 10.1126/science.1181725

@article{citeulike:6657275, 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. 10.1126/science.1181725}}, added-at = {2010-11-30T22:39:03.000+0100}, author = {Dorale, Jeffrey A. and Onac, Bogdan P. and Fornos, Joan J. and Gines, Joaquin and Gines, Angel and Tuccimei, Paola and Peate, David W.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b528696ac9f162273da14587cae101a2/smatthiesen}, citeulike-article-id = {6657275}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1181725}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/327/5967/860}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20150501}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=20150501}, day = 12, doi = {10.1126/science.1181725}, interhash = {325205a92fa8704e78cceba2220e3046}, intrahash = {b528696ac9f162273da14587cae101a2}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {sea_level pleistocene}, month = {February}, number = 5967, pages = {860--863}, posted-at = {2010-02-13 12:08:30}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2010-12-01T23:14:05.000+0100}, title = {{Sea-Level Highstand 81,000 Years Ago in Mallorca}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1181725}, volume = 327, year = 2010 }