The Older Peron was the name for a period identified in 1961
as an episode of a
global sea-level (i.e. eustatic) high-stand during the
Holocene Epoch
The Holocene ( ) is the current geological epoch. It began approximately 11,650 cal years Before Present (), after the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene togethe ...
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Modern understanding of the various factors involved in quantifying eustatic sea level, particularly processes relating to ocean siphoning and
glacio-hydro-isostatic adjustment, claim that such previous instances of purported high-stands were not globally coherent, and do not constitute episodes of eustatic sea level higher than present.
References
Sea level
Holocene
Historical eras
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