Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2022)

High interstadial sea levels over the past 420ka from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

  • Gino de Gelder,
  • Laurent Husson,
  • Anne-Morwenn Pastier,
  • David Fernández-Blanco,
  • Tamara Pico,
  • Denovan Chauveau,
  • Christine Authemayou,
  • Kevin Pedoja

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00583-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Global mean sea level curves based on oxygen isotope data underestimate interstadial sea level by as much as 20 m, according to coral reef terrace analysis and a reassessment of the regional deformation pattern at the Huon peninsula, Papua New Guinea