Last Interglacial Sea-Level Data Points from Northwest Europe

141 sea-level indicator data points from the Last Interglacial period across Northwest Europe, compiled from about 80 published sites. Constructed by Utrecht University researchers and exported from the World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (WALIS) database. The majority of proxies have chronostratigraphic age-control from pollen, foraminifera, and amino-acid racemization data.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past sea-level highstands based on preserved coastal proxies.
• Calibrating regional paleoenvironmental models based on biostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic constraints.
• Comparing Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) conditions with older interglacials using the included subselection of six older sites.

Strengths

• Contains 141 specific sea-level indicator data points with detailed geographic breakdown.
• Compiled from approximately 80 published sites, suggesting a representative inventory.
• Includes chronostratigraphic age-control for most sites using multiple techniques like pollen zones and amino-acid racemization.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (WALIS) database, Utrecht University

Collection Method

Aggregated from published literature and site assessments.

Time Range

Last Interglacial period (Eemian, Ipswichian, MIS 5e)

Geography

Northwest Europe (English Channel, North Sea, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Britain, France)