Goy Goy, José LuisHillaire-Marcel, ClaudeZazo Cardeña , CaridadBassam, GhalebDabrio González, Cristino JoséGonzález Ureña, ÁngelBardají Azcárate, TeresaCivis Llovera, JorgePreda, MichaelYébenes, AlfonsoForte, Alessandro M.2023-06-202023-06-2020060985-311110.3166/ga.19.409-426https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/49387The elevation and timing of high sea stands during Oxygen Isotope Stage (OIS) 7 are not as well constraíned as those of OIS 5e. Conflictíng values are reported from Medíterranean coastlines, and fossil dating is inaccurate because of ubiquitous open U-series systems. New morphostratigraphic data from La Marina (eastem Spain) supported by open-system U-series coral ages shed light on the maximum sea level duríng OIS 7. Fossil corals (Cladocora Caespitosa) underlying an OIS 5e marine unít yielded U-series ages from 178 ± (0 to 208 ± 1) ka (± 20σ n=7) with an outlier al 240 ± 18 ka. Mean open-system limit ages of 170 ± 10 (minimum age after correction for 234Th-230Th uptake) and 237 ± 20 ka (maximum ase after correction for 238U - 234U uptake) were calculated to have a probable age closer to the minimum value, for an assignment of OlS 7a or 7c. The occurrence of a warn-water "Senegalese" fauna (Strombus bubonius) in OIS5e and OIS 7 marine units confirms the arrival of tropical species to the Mediterranean before the last interglacial periodo Morpho-sedimentological and neotectonic studies suggest that the maximum paleo-sea level during OIS 7c or 7a was a few melers below that of OlS Se.engjournal articlehttp://geodinamica.revuesonline.com/open access551.35(460.315)Oxygen isotopic stage 7Western MediterraneanCladocora caespitosa"Senegalese" faunaNeotectonicsGeología estratigráficaGeodinámica2506.19 Estratigrafía2507 Geofísica