Estimates of sea level during the mid-Pliocene warm period three million years ago vary by 35 m. Model simulations of glacial isostatic adjustment reconcile these values and indicate little to no melting of the East Antarctic ice sheet during this time.
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Shennan, I. Sea level from global to local. Nature Geosci 4, 283–284 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1132
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