Table 2 Amount of Vertical Land Motion (VLM) at Camarones from two different studies.

From: Higher than present global mean sea level recorded by an Early Pliocene intertidal unit in Patagonia (Argentina)

Reference

Model

VLM (m)

Timing (Ma)

Rate (m/Ma)

Müller et al.46

M1

4.6

10

0.46

 

M2

66.2

10

6.62

 

M3

45.0

10

4.50

 

M4

58.0

10

5.80

 

M5

45.4

10

4.54

 

M6

21.8

10

2.18

 

M7

25.5

10

2.55

Flament et al.45

Case 1

35.7

5

7.14

 

Case 2

37.6

5

7.52

 

Case 3

22.9

5

4.58

 

Case 4

18.6

5

3.73

  1. Predictions are given at the time step closest to the sea level indicator age, which is denoted as ‘Timing’. Rates are calculated based on this age and the predicted VLM and linearly interpolated to the age of the indicator.
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