A review of MIS 5e sea-level proxies around Japan

Abstract. Sea-level proxies for Marine Isotopic Stage 5e (MIS 5e, ca. 124 ka) are abundant along the Japanese shoreline and have been documented over at least past 60 years. The bulk of these sea-level identified in Japan as marine terraces, often correlated by stratigraphic relationships to tephra layers, or other chronologically interpreted strata. Use correlation conjunction with techniques such paleontological analysis, tectonic uplift rates, (volcanic ash), uranium–thorium (U–Th), carbon-14 (14C) dating connected Japan's landforms global patterns change. This paper reviews years publications containing MIS Japan. Data collected this review added World Atlas Last Interglacial Shorelines (WALIS), following their standardizations on elements necessary analyze paleosea-levels. reviewed 70 studies, assembling data points 300 locations examining related papers denoting indicators 5e. database compiled (Tam Yokoyama, 2020) is available https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4294326. proxy studies rely heavily chronostratigraphic recognized reliable, though opportunities exist further constraining through use numerical age techniques.