Drought as a possible contributor to the Visigothic Kingdom crisis and Islamic expansion in the Iberian Peninsula

J Camuera, FJ Jiménez-Espejo, J Soto-Chica… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The Muslim expansion in the Mediterranean basin was one the most relevant and rapid
cultural changes in human history. This expansion reached the Iberian Peninsula with the …

[HTML][HTML] Abrupt climate change at the MIS 5/4 transition recorded in a speleothem from the Eastern Mediterranean

AR Paine, JUL Baldini, E Ünal-İmer… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The marine isotope stage (MIS) 5a to 4 transition (∼ 74 ka) was associated with rapid ice
sheet expansion, declining moisture availability globally, and significant upheaval of …

Laguna Seca sediments reveal environmental and climate change during the latest Pleistocene and Holocene in Sierra Nevada, southern Iberian Peninsula

G Jiménez-Moreno, A López-Avilés… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sedimentation in most glacial lakes and wetlands in the Sierra Nevada (southern Iberian
Peninsula) began after the last deglaciation and since the Younger Dryas (YD)-Early …

The PaleoJump database for abrupt transitions in past climates

W Bagniewski, DD Rousseau, M Ghil - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Tipping points (TPs) in Earth's climate system have been the subject of increasing
interest and concern in recent years, given the risk that anthropogenic forcing could cause …

Sustained North Atlantic warming drove anomalously intense MIS 11c interglacial

HM Hu, G Marino, C Pérez-Mejías, C Spötl… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11c interglacial and its preceding glacial
termination represent an enigmatically intense climate response to relatively weak insolation …

Glacial–interglacial cycles in the south-central and southeastern Pyrenees since~ 180 ka (NE Spain–Andorra–S France)

V Turu, JL Peña-Monné, PP Cunha, G Jalut… - Quaternary …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This study uses luminescence and 14C accelerator mass spectrometry procedures to date
relevant glaciofluvial and glacial deposits from the south-central and southeastern Pyrenees …

Holocene climates of the Iberian Peninsula: pollen-based reconstructions of changes in the west-east gradient of temperature and moisture

M Liu, Y Shen, P González-Sampériz… - Climate of the Past …, 2021 - cp.copernicus.org
The Iberian Peninsula is characterised by a steep west-east moisture gradient today,
reflecting the dominance of maritime influences along the Atlantic coast and more …

Environmental and climatic significance of the Pliocene-Pleistocene calcretes in North Africa

F Jarraya, M Rogerson, N Kallel, B Mauz, N Elmejdoub… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The North African calcretes formed during the Plio-Pleistocene are a prominent and
stratigraphically significant palaeoclimatic marker. We studied the calcrete along a north …

[HTML][HTML] Greening a lost world: Paleoartistic investigations of the early Pleistocene vegetation landscape in the first Europeans' homeland

J Carrión, G Amorós, MV Sánchez-Giner… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The scarcity of pictorial reconstructions focusing on Quaternary flora and vegetation prompts
a reevaluation of traditional zoocentrism in future paleoartistic research. Here we present …

An outline of geochemical proxies used on marine sediments deposited during the Quaternary Period

US Banerji, KB Joshi, L Pandey, CP Dubey - Stratigraphy & Timescales, 2022 - Elsevier
The sediments have been a ubiquitous archive for paleoclimate reconstruction while the
marine sediments are considered to be serene and mostly undisturbed from anthropogenic …