| Abstract: | Abstract Based on a comparison between the oxygen isotope records of benthic and planktonic foraminifers from core 8KL of the South China Sea and sea-level change records derived from the Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, it is found that both records are very similar from 72 Ka B.P. to the present, especially for the benthic oxygen isotope record. The linear regression shows that δ<sup>18</sup>O changes (0.9995‰ for benthic foraminifers and 1.022‰ for planktonic foraminifers) are equal to 100 m in sea-level fluctuation. After making temperature correction in the δ<sup>18</sup>O record of benthic foraminifers from 72 to 120 Ka B.P., the curve of sea-level oscillation of the South China Sea since 186 Ka B.P. has been reconstructed. The lowermost sea-level that occurred in the last glacial maximum and oxygen isotope stage 6 is approximately - 130 m. |
