The Holocene climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Italy: a review of the geological continental data
We present a synthesis of geological, stratigraphic, geomorphological and stable isotope data collected from continental archives to highlight the environmental and climatic differences between the first and second half of the Holocene of central and southern Italy. The beginning of the Holocene is...
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ftunivpisairis:oai:arpi.unipi.it:11568/147904 2024-02-11T10:06:10+01:00 The Holocene climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Italy: a review of the geological continental data Giraudi C. Magny M. Drysdale N. R. ZANCHETTA, GIOVANNI Giraudi, C. Magny, M. Zanchetta, Giovanni Drysdale, N. R. 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/11568/147904 https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683610377529 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000286591100007 volume:21 firstpage:105 lastpage:115 numberofpages:11 journal:THE HOLOCENE http://hdl.handle.net/11568/147904 doi:10.1177/0959683610377529 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-79251521020 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2011 ftunivpisairis https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683610377529 2024-01-17T17:46:36Z We present a synthesis of geological, stratigraphic, geomorphological and stable isotope data collected from continental archives to highlight the environmental and climatic differences between the first and second half of the Holocene of central and southern Italy. The beginning of the Holocene is marked by rapid environmental change. In Mediterranean Italy, between c. 9500 cal. BP and c. 6000-5500 cal. BP, average temperatures were probably higher and environmental conditions were generally stable; between c. 9000 and 7000 cal. BP, meteoric precipitation was at its highest. The end of the wetter period seems to occur later, at c. 6000-5000 cal. BP. Since c. 6000-5000 cal. BP, rapid climatic excursions are apparent in different palaeoclimate proxies, with both variability in meteoric precipitation and temperature evident. Of particular relevance is the event occurring at c. 4200 cal. BP. This event heralds a period of significant environmental change in the Apennines and, more generally, in central Italy. Following this event, environmental variability appears most pronounced and frequent. Some environmental changes during the early Holocene and after 4200 cal. BP seem to be in phase with IRD events in the North Atlantic, which suggest: (1) teleconnections between North Atlantic and Mediterranean areas; and (2) a possible influence of North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in controlling the advection of moisture over the central Mediterranean basin via westerly air masses. The archives used in this review allow us to consider climate evolution as a driver of most of the observed environmental changes Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic ARPI - Archivio della Ricerca dell'Università di Pisa The Holocene 21 1 105 115 |
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We present a synthesis of geological, stratigraphic, geomorphological and stable isotope data collected from continental archives to highlight the environmental and climatic differences between the first and second half of the Holocene of central and southern Italy. The beginning of the Holocene is marked by rapid environmental change. In Mediterranean Italy, between c. 9500 cal. BP and c. 6000-5500 cal. BP, average temperatures were probably higher and environmental conditions were generally stable; between c. 9000 and 7000 cal. BP, meteoric precipitation was at its highest. The end of the wetter period seems to occur later, at c. 6000-5000 cal. BP. Since c. 6000-5000 cal. BP, rapid climatic excursions are apparent in different palaeoclimate proxies, with both variability in meteoric precipitation and temperature evident. Of particular relevance is the event occurring at c. 4200 cal. BP. This event heralds a period of significant environmental change in the Apennines and, more generally, in central Italy. Following this event, environmental variability appears most pronounced and frequent. Some environmental changes during the early Holocene and after 4200 cal. BP seem to be in phase with IRD events in the North Atlantic, which suggest: (1) teleconnections between North Atlantic and Mediterranean areas; and (2) a possible influence of North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in controlling the advection of moisture over the central Mediterranean basin via westerly air masses. The archives used in this review allow us to consider climate evolution as a driver of most of the observed environmental changes |
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Giraudi C. Magny M. Drysdale N. R. ZANCHETTA, GIOVANNI The Holocene climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Italy: a review of the geological continental data |
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The Holocene climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Italy: a review of the geological continental data |
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The Holocene climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Italy: a review of the geological continental data |
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The Holocene climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Italy: a review of the geological continental data |
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The Holocene climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Italy: a review of the geological continental data |
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The Holocene climatic evolution of the Mediterranean Italy: a review of the geological continental data |
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holocene climatic evolution of the mediterranean italy: a review of the geological continental data |
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