Discussions and Conclusion

The eustatic sea level was higher during the mid-Holocene in a considerable part of the world (Ingolfsson and Hjort 1999), including South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and the Pacific and Indian Oceans (Isla 1989).

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