Depending on how a specific publication defines the Sangamonian Stage of North America, the Eemian is equivalent to either all or part of it.
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The NGRIP record helps to resolve a problem with the GRIP and GISP2 records-the unreliability of the Eemian Stage portion of the record.
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However, some research indicates that a sea area north of Greenland may have been open during the Eemian interglacial 120, 000 years ago.
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It is known from the Pleistocene ( Holsteinian to Eemian / Weichselian ) of Europe : France, Germany, Netherlands, Southern England and probably Italy.
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At the peak of the Eemian, the Northern Hemisphere winters were generally warmer and wetter than now, though some areas were actually slightly cooler than today.
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This hypothesis is supported by the presence of charcoal ( Pinus silvestris ), which suggests that the climate during this Pre-Eemian occupation stage was temperate.
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During the Eemian Stage sea level was about 8 meters higher than today and the water temperature of the North Sea was about 2 �C higher than at present.
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In the area of the former Soviet Union, there were findings in the temperate climates, as was validated by a fossil find in Thuringia from the Eemian.
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Because of the sea level drop since the Eemian, exposed fossil coral reefs are common in the tropics, especially in the Caribbean and along the Red Sea coastlines.
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At many localities along the sea cliffs, typically over 10 meters of Early Weichselian lacustrine and loess-like floodplain deposits overlie the Eemian and pre-Eemian sediments.
