Inland Record of the Last Interglacial Maximum in the Western Mediterranean: Revealing the Aljezares Pleistocene Basin (Alicante, SE-Spain)
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Title: | Inland Record of the Last Interglacial Maximum in the Western Mediterranean: Revealing the Aljezares Pleistocene Basin (Alicante, SE-Spain) |
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Authors: | Cuevas González, Jaime | Díez-Canseco, Davinia | Elez Villar, Javier | Pérez Mejías, Carlos | Cheng, Hai | Cañaveras, Juan C. |
Research Group/s: | Geología Aplicada e Hidrogeología | Cambios Paleoambientales | Petrología Aplicada |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente |
Keywords: | Continental record | MIS 5 | Semi-arid climate | Western Mediterranean |
Issue Date: | 15-Dec-2023 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Cuevas-González J, Díez-Canseco D, Elez J, Pérez-Mejías C, Cheng H, Cañaveras JC. Inland Record of the Last Interglacial Maximum in the Western Mediterranean: Revealing the Aljezares Pleistocene Basin (Alicante, SE-Spain). Geosciences. 2023; 13(12):385. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13120385 |
Abstract: | The search for a continuous continental record of interglacial periods in semi-arid regions is problematic due to the absence of stable and continuous sedimentary systems over time in this type of climate. In this work, a relatively stable basin is described and analyzed during the last interglacial period in a semi-arid region of the western Mediterranean. For this purpose, a geomorphological, stratigraphic and sedimentological study has been carried out, with dating through 230Th. A semi-endorheic Pleistocene section has been identified, with two units that correspond to a fluvial-lacustrine system (unit P1) and an alluvial system (unit P2). Unit P1 has been dated to the MIS 5e interglacial episode. A framework for future studies is described, in which the Aljezares Pleistocene basin can be considered as a possible source of paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic information in semi-arid regions from the last interglacial period. |
Sponsor: | The research has been funded through the following Spanish research projects: I+D+i PID2021-122308NA-I00 (NESUBSTRA-UV) and I+D+i PID2021-123510OB-I00 (QTECTIBERIA-USAL) by the MICIN. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/139289 |
ISSN: | 2076-3263 |
DOI: | 10.3390/geosciences13120385 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13120385 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - CP - Artículos de Revistas INV - PETRA - Artículos de Revistas INV - GAH - Artículos de Revistas |
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