A continuous stable isotope record from the penultimate glacial maximum to the Last Interglacial (159–121 ka) from Tana Che Urla Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy)

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Regattieri, E., Zanchetta, G., Drysdale, R. N., Isola, I., Hellstrom, J. C., Roncioni, A.
• Other Authors: Regattieri, E.; DST Università di Pisa, Zanchetta, G.; DST Università di Pisa, Drysdale, R. N.; Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, Isola, I.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Pisa, Pisa, Italia, Hellstrom, J. C.; School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia, Roncioni, A.; Gruppo Speleologico Lucchese, DST Università di Pisa, Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Pisa, Pisa, Italia, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia, Gruppo Speleologico Lucchese
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Limited 2014
• Subjects: Speleothem Stable isotopes Central Italy Penultimate deglaciation Last Interglacial; 01. Atmosphere::01.01. Atmosphere::01.01.02. Climate; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9524; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.05.005

Relatively few radiometrically dated records are available for the central Mediterranean spanning the marine oxygen isotope stage 6–5 (MIS 6–5) transition and the first part of the Last Interglacial. Two flowstone cores from Tana che Urla Cave (TCU, central Italy), constrained by 19 U/Th ages, preserve an interval of continuous speleothem deposition between ca. 159 and 121 ka. A multiproxy record (δ18O, δ13C, growth rate and petrographic changes) obtained fromthis flowstone preserves significant regional-scale hydrological changes through the glacial/interglacial transition and multi-centennial variability (interpreted as alternations between wetter and drier periods) within both glacial and interglacial stages. The glacial stage shows a wetter period between ca. 154 and 152 ka, while the early to middle Last Interglacial period shows several drying events at ca. 129, 126 and 122 ka, which can be placed in the wider context of climatic instability emerging from North Atlantic marine andNWEuropean terrestrial records. The TCU record also provides important insights into the evolution of local environmental conditions (i.e. soil development) in response to regional and global-scale climate events. Published 450-461 4A. Clima e Oceani JCR Journal restricted