Abstract
Abstract. We describe a database of Last Interglacial (Marine Isotopic Stage 5) sea-level proxies for the western Mediterranean region. The database was compiled reviewing the information reported in 199 published studies and contains 396 sea-level data points (sea-level index points and marine- or terrestrial-limiting points) and 401 associated dated samples. The database follows the standardized WALIS template and is available as Cerrone et al. (2021b, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5341661).
Highlights
In this paper, we describe the Last Interglacial sea-level database for the western Mediterranean, which was compiled from data and metadata contained in published scientific papers reporting geological evidence and dated samples related to Quaternary sea-level changes in the region
The western Mediterranean database contains 328 sea-level index points, 43 marine-limiting points, and 25 terrestriallimiting points
The Last Interglacial sea-level proxies on the Tyrrhenian seaside of Basilicata have been attributed to the marine terraces up to ∼ 8–10 m a.s.l. (Fig. 22) from Fiumicello to Castrocucco (Carobene et al, 1986; Carobene and Dai Pra, 1991) and the northern Calabria coast from Castrocucco to nearby Cetraro (Torre la Testa, Carobene et al, 1986; Carobene and Dai Pra, 1990). Such interpretation is based on a geomorphological correlation derived from the identification of the Middle–Late Pleistocene terraces, which have been constrained by U-series and amino acid racemization (AAR) dating on C. caespitosa and Bivalvia, respectively
Summary
We describe the Last Interglacial (here broadly defined as Marine Isotope Stage, MIS, 5) sea-level database for the western Mediterranean, which was compiled from data and metadata contained in published scientific papers reporting geological evidence and dated samples related to Quaternary sea-level changes in the region. Information on sea-level proxies and dated samples was standardized using the WALIS interface, which is accessible (upon registration) at this link: https://warmcoasts.eu/world-atlas (last access: 30 July 2021). In the Supplement of this paper, we report a table summarizing elevation, age, reference(s), and quality scores for each relative sea-level (RSL) data point in the western Mediterranean database. We turn to the description of the data points divided by national/regional/provincial boundaries This part of the paper serves as a supplement to the data, where we provide additional descriptions and/or information on choices made during the compilation
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