New evidence for two highstands of the sea during the last interglacial, oxygen isotope substage 5e

Sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and geochronologic analyses of a previously undescribed carbonate section on Oahu, Hawaii, provide new evidence for two distinct sea-level highstands on Oahu during the last interglacial period (oxygen isotope substage 5e). Whereas electron-spin-resonance and uranium-series ages (122 ±8 ka to 152 ±25 ka, and 115 ±10 ka to 160 ±15 ka, respectively) of in situ corals place the age of the deposits within substage 5e, …