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Background information
Tahiti expedition: Scientific objectives
- to reconstruct the sea-level rise following the Last Glacial Maximum, 21 000 years ago, when half of North America and most of Northern Europe were covered by thick ice sheets and sea-level was about 120 metres lower than today;
- to reconstruct associated changes in sea-surface
temperatures;
- to analyze the effects of climatic and sea-level changes on reef building.
Thin section of a coral.
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