Response of alluvial systems to Late Pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the Añavieja Basin (Iberian Range, NE Spain)
Environmental magnetic proxies were analyzed in a relatively monotonous, ~25.3m thick alluvial sedimentary sequence drilled in the Añavieja Basin (NE Spain). Results from the core AÑ2 suggest that the concentrationdependent magnetic parameters mainly reflect variations in the content of detrital mag...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1254a88fe3a546389d107f574879d69a 2023-11-12T04:21:24+01:00 Response of alluvial systems to Late Pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the Añavieja Basin (Iberian Range, NE Spain) B. OLIVA URCIA A. MUÑOZ J.C. LARRASOAÑA A. LUZÓN A. PÉREZ Á. GONZALEZ Z. JIANG Q. LIU T. ROMÁN-BERDIEL 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/1254a88fe3a546389d107f574879d69a EN eng Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/13542 https://doaj.org/toc/1696-5728 1696-5728 https://doaj.org/article/1254a88fe3a546389d107f574879d69a Geologica Acta, Vol 14, Iss 2 (2016) Magnetite Environmental magnetism Añavieja Basin Alluvial sequence Vegetation cover Temperature Science Q Geology QE1-996.5 article 2016 ftdoajarticles 2023-10-22T00:36:06Z Environmental magnetic proxies were analyzed in a relatively monotonous, ~25.3m thick alluvial sedimentary sequence drilled in the Añavieja Basin (NE Spain). Results from the core AÑ2 suggest that the concentrationdependent magnetic parameters mainly reflect variations in the content of detrital magnetite, sourced in the catchment rocks and soils of the basin, via changes in the dynamics of alluvial fans due to temperature changes in the northern hemisphere during the Late Pleistocene. The correspondence between the magnetic proxies and the temperature variations in the North Atlantic region (NGRIP curve) indicates that higher (lower) concentrations and finer (coarser) magnetite grains coincide with warm (cold) periods. We propose that during cold periods, a sparser vegetation cover favored the incoming of higher energy runoff bearing coarser sediments to the basin that are relatively impoverished in magnetite. In contrast, during warm periods, the wider distribution of the vegetation cover associated with the lower runoff energy lead to finer, magnetite-richer sediment input to the basin. Maghemite, presumably of pedogenic origin, appears to be present also in the studied alluvial sediments. Further studies are necessary to unravel its palaeoclimatic significance. Article in Journal/Newspaper NGRIP North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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Magnetite Environmental magnetism Añavieja Basin Alluvial sequence Vegetation cover Temperature Science Q Geology QE1-996.5 B. OLIVA URCIA A. MUÑOZ J.C. LARRASOAÑA A. LUZÓN A. PÉREZ Á. GONZALEZ Z. JIANG Q. LIU T. ROMÁN-BERDIEL Response of alluvial systems to Late Pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the Añavieja Basin (Iberian Range, NE Spain) |
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Environmental magnetic proxies were analyzed in a relatively monotonous, ~25.3m thick alluvial sedimentary sequence drilled in the Añavieja Basin (NE Spain). Results from the core AÑ2 suggest that the concentrationdependent magnetic parameters mainly reflect variations in the content of detrital magnetite, sourced in the catchment rocks and soils of the basin, via changes in the dynamics of alluvial fans due to temperature changes in the northern hemisphere during the Late Pleistocene. The correspondence between the magnetic proxies and the temperature variations in the North Atlantic region (NGRIP curve) indicates that higher (lower) concentrations and finer (coarser) magnetite grains coincide with warm (cold) periods. We propose that during cold periods, a sparser vegetation cover favored the incoming of higher energy runoff bearing coarser sediments to the basin that are relatively impoverished in magnetite. In contrast, during warm periods, the wider distribution of the vegetation cover associated with the lower runoff energy lead to finer, magnetite-richer sediment input to the basin. Maghemite, presumably of pedogenic origin, appears to be present also in the studied alluvial sediments. Further studies are necessary to unravel its palaeoclimatic significance. |
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B. OLIVA URCIA A. MUÑOZ J.C. LARRASOAÑA A. LUZÓN A. PÉREZ Á. GONZALEZ Z. JIANG Q. LIU T. ROMÁN-BERDIEL |
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Response of alluvial systems to Late Pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the Añavieja Basin (Iberian Range, NE Spain) |
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Response of alluvial systems to Late Pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the Añavieja Basin (Iberian Range, NE Spain) |
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Response of alluvial systems to Late Pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the Añavieja Basin (Iberian Range, NE Spain) |
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Response of alluvial systems to Late Pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the Añavieja Basin (Iberian Range, NE Spain) |
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Response of alluvial systems to Late Pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the Añavieja Basin (Iberian Range, NE Spain) |
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response of alluvial systems to late pleistocene climate changes recorded by environmental magnetism in the añavieja basin (iberian range, ne spain) |
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Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) |
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Geologica Acta, Vol 14, Iss 2 (2016) |
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