화학공학소재연구정보센터
Science, Vol.266, No.5182, 93-96, 1994
Th-230 Ages of Corals and Duration of the Last Interglacial Sea-Level High Stand on Oahu, Hawaii
Thorium-230 ages of emergent marine deposits on Oahu, Hawaii, have a uniform distribution of ages from similar to 114,000 to similar to 131,000 years, indicating a duration for the last interglacial sea-level high stand of similar to 17,000 years, in contrast to a duration of similar to 8000 years inferred from the orbitally tuned marine oxygen isotope record. Sea level on Oahu rose to greater than or equal to 1 to 2 meters higher than present by 131,000 years ago or similar to 6000 years earlier than inferred from the marine record. Although the latter record suggests a shift back to glacial conditions beginning at similar to 119,000 years ago, the Oahu coral ages indicate a near present sea level until similar to 114,000 years ago.