tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post7721303098618004272..comments2024-03-11T04:54:26.827-07:00Comments on THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds California sea levels up to 66 feet higher than present during last interglacialUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-88660685587501135322014-11-14T23:18:52.469-08:002014-11-14T23:18:52.469-08:00Frank, you ever consider what that hypsithermal pe...Frank, you ever consider what that hypsithermal period would mean for the continuity of glacier bores???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-72322130363363058252014-11-13T17:18:12.776-08:002014-11-13T17:18:12.776-08:00When I was doing fieldwork for my M.S. in Earth Sc...When I was doing fieldwork for my M.S. in Earth Science on the island of Penang in Malaysia, I found a terrace at 9 meters and estimates of 2 meters uplift since the last interglacial giving sea level 7 meters higher than the present, 23 feet. <br /><br />Peninsular Malaysia is a stable craton some distance from the Mentawai Fault the slippage of which was responsible for the 2004 tsunami.<br /><br />There is plenty of evidence in Malaysia that sea level was between 2 and 3 meters higher during the hypsithermal interval about 5000 years ago, AKA the Holocene Climate Optimum. Frank Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403044995764984391noreply@blogger.com