Abrupt environmental changes during the last glacial cycle in Western Mediterranean (Formentera Island, Balearic archipelago, Spain)
A sedimentary sequence covering the entire last glacial cycle (period between Terminations I and II) outcrops along the south-eastern coast of Formentera Island. A detailed geomorphological, geological and sedimentological study, supported by geochemical, soil and soil-morphology analyses, magnetic...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/271714 2024-02-11T10:04:28+01:00 Abrupt environmental changes during the last glacial cycle in Western Mediterranean (Formentera Island, Balearic archipelago, Spain) Azcárate, Bardají Roquero, Elvira Cabecero del Río, Ana Zazo, Caridad Goy Goy, José Luis Dabrio, Cristino J. Machado, María J. Lario, Javier Barroso, Silvia Gabriel, Pablo Martínez-Graña, Antonio Miguel Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Universidad de Alcalá 2022-01-24 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/271714 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.01.002 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100006302 en eng Elsevier #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2015-69919-R/ES/FACTORES CONDICIONANTES DEL REGISTRO GEOMORFOLOGICO DE LOS CAMBIOS DEL NIVEL DEL MAR EN EL MEDITERRANEO - ATLANTICO CENTRAL DURANTE EL CUATERNARIO/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618222000027?via%3Dihub Sí Quaternary International-Journal of the Intern Union for Quaternary Research 638-639: 159-179 (2022) 1040-6182 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/271714 doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2022.01.002 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100006302 none Late pleistocene Climate Balearic islands Sea level artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2022 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.01.00210.13039/50110000332910.13039/501100006302 2024-01-16T11:25:33Z A sedimentary sequence covering the entire last glacial cycle (period between Terminations I and II) outcrops along the south-eastern coast of Formentera Island. A detailed geomorphological, geological and sedimentological study, supported by geochemical, soil and soil-morphology analyses, magnetic susceptibility, phytolite content and luminescence dating (TL, OSL) allowed to reconstruct the environmental evolution of this coastal setting, and to frame it within the evolutionary pattern of the North Atlantic climate variability. Three highstands of sea level are identified in this island for MIS 5e, and a fourth one is attributed to MIS5a. MIS5 – MIS4 transition is characterized by soil development under a moist-warm climate and a descending sea level scenario. Aeolian units (72 ± 7 ka BP) developed during MIS4 under prevailing northerly winds that persisted until the beginning of MIS3, when new aeolian dunes (54 ± 5 ka BP) developed after a major sea-level lowstand. A sudden shift in prevailing winds occur within MIS3, when aeolian units (51 ± 4 ka BP) grew under the influence of S-SW winds and moister climate, evidenced by a dense root bioturbation. The greater influence of northerly winds is attributed to the weakening of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC) in North Atlantic, and enhancement of westerlies in NW Europe during colder periods. Periods of prevailing southerly winds and moister climate correlate well with warm Greenland Interstadials, and reinforcement of AMOC. Between 50 and 40ka, alluvial/colluvial sedimentary units punctuated by soil and calcrete development, witness the climatic variability recorded along this period in the North Atlantic. A sedimentary hiatus with erosion and calcrete development characterizes the transit between MIS3 and MIS2. Finally, a reddish alluvial sedimentary unit records a short span of humid and warm climate (soil development, peak in magnetic susceptibility, phytolite content) within MIS 2 (20 ± 2 ka BP – 17 + 2.4/-2.2) that contrast with the general ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland North Atlantic Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Greenland Quaternary International |
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A sedimentary sequence covering the entire last glacial cycle (period between Terminations I and II) outcrops along the south-eastern coast of Formentera Island. A detailed geomorphological, geological and sedimentological study, supported by geochemical, soil and soil-morphology analyses, magnetic susceptibility, phytolite content and luminescence dating (TL, OSL) allowed to reconstruct the environmental evolution of this coastal setting, and to frame it within the evolutionary pattern of the North Atlantic climate variability. Three highstands of sea level are identified in this island for MIS 5e, and a fourth one is attributed to MIS5a. MIS5 – MIS4 transition is characterized by soil development under a moist-warm climate and a descending sea level scenario. Aeolian units (72 ± 7 ka BP) developed during MIS4 under prevailing northerly winds that persisted until the beginning of MIS3, when new aeolian dunes (54 ± 5 ka BP) developed after a major sea-level lowstand. A sudden shift in prevailing winds occur within MIS3, when aeolian units (51 ± 4 ka BP) grew under the influence of S-SW winds and moister climate, evidenced by a dense root bioturbation. The greater influence of northerly winds is attributed to the weakening of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC) in North Atlantic, and enhancement of westerlies in NW Europe during colder periods. Periods of prevailing southerly winds and moister climate correlate well with warm Greenland Interstadials, and reinforcement of AMOC. Between 50 and 40ka, alluvial/colluvial sedimentary units punctuated by soil and calcrete development, witness the climatic variability recorded along this period in the North Atlantic. A sedimentary hiatus with erosion and calcrete development characterizes the transit between MIS3 and MIS2. Finally, a reddish alluvial sedimentary unit records a short span of humid and warm climate (soil development, peak in magnetic susceptibility, phytolite content) within MIS 2 (20 ± 2 ka BP – 17 + 2.4/-2.2) that contrast with the general ... |
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Azcárate, Bardají Roquero, Elvira Cabecero del Río, Ana Zazo, Caridad Goy Goy, José Luis Dabrio, Cristino J. Machado, María J. Lario, Javier Barroso, Silvia Gabriel, Pablo Martínez-Graña, Antonio Miguel |
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Azcárate, Bardají Roquero, Elvira Cabecero del Río, Ana Zazo, Caridad Goy Goy, José Luis Dabrio, Cristino J. Machado, María J. Lario, Javier Barroso, Silvia Gabriel, Pablo Martínez-Graña, Antonio Miguel |
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Abrupt environmental changes during the last glacial cycle in Western Mediterranean (Formentera Island, Balearic archipelago, Spain) |
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Abrupt environmental changes during the last glacial cycle in Western Mediterranean (Formentera Island, Balearic archipelago, Spain) |
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Abrupt environmental changes during the last glacial cycle in Western Mediterranean (Formentera Island, Balearic archipelago, Spain) |
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Abrupt environmental changes during the last glacial cycle in Western Mediterranean (Formentera Island, Balearic archipelago, Spain) |
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Abrupt environmental changes during the last glacial cycle in Western Mediterranean (Formentera Island, Balearic archipelago, Spain) |
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abrupt environmental changes during the last glacial cycle in western mediterranean (formentera island, balearic archipelago, spain) |
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