Combining Small-Vertebrate, Marine and Stable-Isotope Data to Reconstruct Past Environments

Three very different records are combined here to reconstruct the evolution of environments in the Cantabrian Region during the Upper Pleistocene, covering ~35.000 years. Two of these records come from Antoliñako Koba (Bizkaia, Spain), an exceptional prehistoric deposit comprising 9 chrono-cultural...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Rofes, Juan, Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Naroa, Aguirre, Mikel, Martínez-García, Blanca, Ortega, Luis, Zuluaga, María Cruz, Bailon, Salvador, Alonso-Olazabal, Ainhoa, Castaños, Jone, Murelaga, Xabier
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4585735/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26391668
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14219
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Summary:Three very different records are combined here to reconstruct the evolution of environments in the Cantabrian Region during the Upper Pleistocene, covering ~35.000 years. Two of these records come from Antoliñako Koba (Bizkaia, Spain), an exceptional prehistoric deposit comprising 9 chrono-cultural units (Aurignacian to Epipaleolithic). The palaeoecological signal of small-vertebrate communities and red deer stable-isotope data (δ13C and δ15N) from this mainland site are contrasted to marine microfaunal evidence (planktonic and benthic foraminifers, ostracods and δ18O data) gathered at the southern Bay of Biscay. Many radiocarbon dates for the Antoliña’s sequence, made it possible to compare the different proxies among them and with other well-known North-Atlantic records. Cooling and warming events regionally recorded, mostly coincide with the climatic evolution of the Upper Pleistocene in the north hemisphere.

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