@article{fdi:010081305, title = {{L}ast interglacial sea-level proxies in {E}ast {A}frica and the {W}estern {I}ndian {O}cean}, author = {{B}oyden, {P}. and {W}eil-accardo, {J}ennifer and {D}eschamps, {P}ierre and {O}ppo, {D}. and {R}overe, {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n this paper, we describe a sea-level database compiled using published last interglacial, {M}arine {I}sotopic {S}tage 5 ({MIS} 5), geological sea-level proxies within {E}ast {A}frica and the {W}estern {I}ndian {O}cean ({EAWIO}). {E}ncompassing vast tropical coastlines and coralline islands, this region has many occurrences of well-preserved last interglacial stratigraphies. {M}ost notably, islands almost entirely composed of {P}leistocene reefs (such as {A}ldabra, the {S}eychelles) have provided reliable paleo relative sea-level indicators and well-preserved samples for {U}-series chronology. {O}ther sea-level proxies include uplifted marine terraces in the north of {S}omalia and {P}leistocene eolian deposits notched by the {MIS} 5 sea level in {M}ozambique to tidal notches in luminescence-limited eolian deposits in {M}ozambique. {O}ur database has been compiled using the {W}orld {A}tlas of {L}ast {I}nterglacial {S}horelines ({WALIS}) interface and contains 58 sea-level indicators and 2 terrestrial-limiting data points.}, keywords = {{AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{EST} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}arth {S}ystem {S}cience {D}ata}, volume = {13}, numero = {4}, pages = {1633--1651}, ISSN = {1866-3508}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.5194/essd-13-1633-2021}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081305}, }