The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records
Selected multi-proxy and accurately dated marine and terrestrial records covering the past 2000 years in the Iberian Peninsula (IP) facilitated a comprehensive regional paleoclimate reconstruction for the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA: 900–1300 AD). The sequences enabled an integrated approach to la...
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ftgfzpotsdam:oai:gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de:item_244939 2023-05-15T17:33:01+02:00 The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records Moreno, A. Pérez, A. Frigola, J. Nieto-Moreno, V. Rodrigo-Gámiz, M. Martrat, B. González-Sampériz, P. Morellón, M. Martin-Puertas, C. Corella, J. Belmonte, A. Sancho, C. Cacho, I. Herrera, G. Canals, M. Grimalt, J. Jiménez-Espejo, F. Martínez-Ruiz, F. Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. Valero-Garcés, B. 2012 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_244939 unknown info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.007 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_244939 Quaternary Science Reviews 550 - Earth sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2012 ftgfzpotsdam https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.007 2022-09-14T05:57:02Z Selected multi-proxy and accurately dated marine and terrestrial records covering the past 2000 years in the Iberian Peninsula (IP) facilitated a comprehensive regional paleoclimate reconstruction for the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA: 900–1300 AD). The sequences enabled an integrated approach to land–sea comparisons and, despite local differences and some minor chronological inconsistencies, presented clear evidence that the MCA was a dry period in the Mediterranean IP. It was a period characterized by decreased lake levels, more xerophytic and heliophytic vegetation, a low frequency of floods, major Saharan eolian fluxes, and less fluvial input to marine basins. In contrast, reconstruction based on sequences from the Atlantic Ocean side of the peninsula indicated increased humidity. The data highlight the unique characteristics of the MCA relative to earlier (the Dark Ages, DA: ca 500–900 years AD) and subsequent (the Little Ice Age, LIA: 1300–1850 years AD) colder periods. The reconstruction supports the hypothesis of Trouet et al. (2009), that a persistent positive mode of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) dominated the MCA. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation GFZpublic (German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam) Quaternary Science Reviews 43 16 32 |
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550 - Earth sciences Moreno, A. Pérez, A. Frigola, J. Nieto-Moreno, V. Rodrigo-Gámiz, M. Martrat, B. González-Sampériz, P. Morellón, M. Martin-Puertas, C. Corella, J. Belmonte, A. Sancho, C. Cacho, I. Herrera, G. Canals, M. Grimalt, J. Jiménez-Espejo, F. Martínez-Ruiz, F. Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. Valero-Garcés, B. The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records |
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Selected multi-proxy and accurately dated marine and terrestrial records covering the past 2000 years in the Iberian Peninsula (IP) facilitated a comprehensive regional paleoclimate reconstruction for the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA: 900–1300 AD). The sequences enabled an integrated approach to land–sea comparisons and, despite local differences and some minor chronological inconsistencies, presented clear evidence that the MCA was a dry period in the Mediterranean IP. It was a period characterized by decreased lake levels, more xerophytic and heliophytic vegetation, a low frequency of floods, major Saharan eolian fluxes, and less fluvial input to marine basins. In contrast, reconstruction based on sequences from the Atlantic Ocean side of the peninsula indicated increased humidity. The data highlight the unique characteristics of the MCA relative to earlier (the Dark Ages, DA: ca 500–900 years AD) and subsequent (the Little Ice Age, LIA: 1300–1850 years AD) colder periods. The reconstruction supports the hypothesis of Trouet et al. (2009), that a persistent positive mode of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) dominated the MCA. |
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Moreno, A. Pérez, A. Frigola, J. Nieto-Moreno, V. Rodrigo-Gámiz, M. Martrat, B. González-Sampériz, P. Morellón, M. Martin-Puertas, C. Corella, J. Belmonte, A. Sancho, C. Cacho, I. Herrera, G. Canals, M. Grimalt, J. Jiménez-Espejo, F. Martínez-Ruiz, F. Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. Valero-Garcés, B. |
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Moreno, A. Pérez, A. Frigola, J. Nieto-Moreno, V. Rodrigo-Gámiz, M. Martrat, B. González-Sampériz, P. Morellón, M. Martin-Puertas, C. Corella, J. Belmonte, A. Sancho, C. Cacho, I. Herrera, G. Canals, M. Grimalt, J. Jiménez-Espejo, F. Martínez-Ruiz, F. Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. Valero-Garcés, B. |
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The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records |
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The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records |
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The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records |
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The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records |
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The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records |
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medieval climate anomaly in the iberian peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records |
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