The geometry of sea-level change across a mid-Pliocene glacial cycle

King, Meghan E.; Creveling, Jessica R.; Mitrovica, Jerry X.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-53-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-53-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-53-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

Research article

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10 Jan 2025

Research article |

| 10 Jan 2025

The geometry of sea-level change across a mid-Pliocene glacial cycle

Meghan E. King, Jessica R. Creveling, and Jerry X. Mitrovica

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-53-2025-supplement

Data sets

meghan-king/plioceneSeaLevel: Data and code release for "The geometry of sea-level change across a mid-Pliocene glacial cycle'' M. King et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14233782

Model code and software

meghan-king/plioceneSeaLevel: Data and code release for "The geometry of sea-level change across a mid-Pliocene glacial cycle'' M. King et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14233782

Short summary

In this study, we compute glacial–interglacial sea-level changes across the mid-Pliocene Warm Period (MPWP; 3.264–3.025 Ma) resulting from ice mass loss from different ice sheets. Our results quantify the relationship between changes in local sea level and global mean sea level (GMSL) and highlight the level of consistency in this mapping across different ice melt scenarios. These predictions can help guide site selection in efforts to constrain the sources and magnitude of MPWP GMSL change.