Paleoclimate of Interglacial Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS 11) from Strata in the Japanese Isalands

Abstract

Paleoclimate of interglacial Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS 11), about 400 ky ago was estimated using data from shallow-marine to terrestrial strata of the Japanese Islands. The reason of the estimation comes from that the paleoclimate gives analogs for the future climate, because the conditions of Milankovitch forcing of MIS 11 are similar to those of modern Holocene. The results show the MIS 11 of the Japanese Islands was warmer, with a longer interval of highstand, and higher sea levels than the other interglacials. Further investigation for the strata of MIS 11 of the Japanese Island is needed and will give us important information about our future climate.