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Vertical movements of the solid Earth surface reflect crustal deformation and deep mantle related phenomena. For Holocene times, coastlines displaced from the present mean sea-level are often used together with past relative sea-level (RSL) prediction models to decipher the vertical deformational field.

Along the coastline from southwest Turkey eastward to Israel and Cyprus, field data that constrain Holocene vertical movements are already published, leaving a gap only along the Mediterranean coast of the Central Anatolian Plateau (CAP). Based on new field observations between Alanya and Adana (Mersin, southern Turkey), together with AMS ¹⁴C dating, we fill that gap, allowing for the construction of a continuous overview of Holocene vertical differential movements along the Eastern Mediterranean coast. We apply the most recent Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) models to correct for the glacio-hydro …