Cuevas González, Jaime, Díez-Canseco, Davinia, Elez Villar, Javier, Pérez Mejías, Carlos, Cheng, Hai, Cañaveras, Juan C.
Inland Record of the Last Interglacial Maximum in the Western Mediterranean: Revealing the Aljezares Pleistocene Basin (Alicante, SE-Spain)
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
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/139289
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences13120385
ISSN: 2076-3263
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.
Keywords:Continental record, MIS 5, Semi-arid climate, Western Mediterranean
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