Considerações acerca do arrefecimento Plistocénico em Portugal

• Published in: Finisterra
• Main Author: António Brum Ferreira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; French; Portuguese
• Published: CEG 2000
• Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis1660; https://doaj.org/article/a0fde34106244c4d9b6eb43782a4fa96

NOTE ON THE PLEISTOCENE COOLING IN PORTUGAL – Prevailing conditionsin the North Atlantic and Western Europe during the Maximum Cooling of the Last Glaciation can be deduced from the Climap Project (1976) results and from the Atlas of Paleoclimates and Paleoenvironments of the Northern Hemisphere (FRENZEL et al., 1992). Taking into account this framework of extreme climatic conditions and the nature of the glacial and periglacial relict phenomena in the Iberian Peninsula, an attempt is made to evaluate the degree of cooling in Portugal during the Gerês and Estrela glaciations. A drop of about 10º C in summer temperatures is suggested.