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Sea Level Records on Ouvéa Island in New Caledonia
Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract
Ouvéa Island in New Caledonia emerges as a new sea level standard. It has excellent morphological records of former sea level positions at interglacial high-stands as well as records of Holocene changes in sea level from a maximum at about +1.5 m via a significant +70 cm level of sub-recent, probably 17 th century, age to a stable to falling sea level in present time.
KeywordsSea LevelLast InterglacialThe HoloceneSub-Recent Sea Level17th CenturyThe Present
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