@article{fdi:010046091,
  title = {{P}enultimate deglacial sea-level timing from uranium/thorium dating of {T}ahitian corals},
  author = {{T}homas, {A}. {L}. and {H}enderson, {G}. {M}. and {D}eschamps, {P}ierre and {Y}okoyama, {Y}. and {M}ason, {A}. {J}. and {B}ard, {E}. and {H}amelin, {B}runo and {D}urand, {N}. and {C}amoin, {G}ilbert},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he timing of sea-level change provides important constraints on the mechanisms driving {E}arth's climate between glacial and interglacial states. {F}ossil corals constrain the timing of past sea level by their suitability for dating and their growth position close to sea level. {T}he coral-derived age for the last deglaciation is consistent with climate change forced by {N}orthern {H}emisphere summer insolation ({NHI}), but the timing of the penultimate deglaciation is more controversial. {W}e found, by means of uranium/thorium dating of fossil corals, that sea level during the penultimate deglaciation had risen to similar to 85 meters below the present sea level by 137,000 years ago, and that it fluctuated on a millennial time scale during deglaciation. {T}his indicates that the penultimate deglaciation occurred earlier with respect to {NHI} than the last deglacial, beginning when {NHI} was at a minimum.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience},
  volume = {324},
  numero = {5931},
  pages = {1186--1189},
  ISSN = {0036-8075},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1126/science.1168754},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046091},
}