The Holocene climatic evolution of Mediterranean Italy
A review of the continental geological data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14915268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlo Giraudi (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, corresponding author), Michel Magny (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Giovanni Zanchetta (0000-0002-7080-9599, University of Pisa), Russell N Drysdale (0000-0001-7867-031X, University of Newcastle Australia) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 105-115 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683610377529 |
| OpenAlex | W2011870713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 57 |
| References cited | 57 |
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
Archaeology · Climate change · Climatology · El Niño Southern Oscillation · Environmental change · Geography · Holocene · Holocene climatic optimum · Mediterranean Basin · Mediterranean climate · North Atlantic oscillation · Physical geography · Precipitation · Teleconnection · earthquake and tectonic studies · Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Geology · Oceanography
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Holocene palaeohydrological changes in the northern Mediterranean borderlands as reflected by the lake-level record of lake ledro, northeastern Italy
Constraining the onset of the Holocene “Neoglacial” over the central Italy using tephra layers
Holocene vegetation and climate change recorded in alpine bog sediments from the Borreguiles de la Virgen, Sierra Nevada, southern Spain
Geo-environmental changes and historical events in the area of the Greek archaeological site of Selinunte (Western Sicily, Italy)
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Malthus and the North Atlantic Oscillation
North–south palaeohydrological contrasts in the central Mediterranean during the Holocene
The Eneolithic/Bronze Age Transition at Tegole di Bovino (Apulia)
From the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in Central Italy
Climate, vegetation and land use as drivers of Holocene sedimentation
Farming data
Paleoecological reconstruction during the Holocene in the Middle Branch of Bue Marino Cave (Sardinia, Italy)
Paleoclimate of the Southern Adriatic Sea region during the ‘Medieval Climate Anomaly’ reflected by organic walled dinoflagellate cysts
A sedimentary record of Holocene surface runoff events and earthquake activity from Lake Iseo (Southern Alps, Italy)
Vegetation, climate and environmental history of the last 4500 years at lake Shkodra (Albania/Montenegro)
The 5.5–4.5 kyr climatic transition as recorded by the sedimentation pattern of coastal deposits of the Apulia region, southern Italy
Environmental evolution and mid–late Holocene climate events in the Valencia lagoon (Mediterranean coast of Spain)
Evaporite evidence of a mid-Holocene ( c . 4550–4400 cal. yr BP) aridity crisis in southwestern Europe and palaeoenvironmental consequences
Coarse sediments in Northern Apennine peat bogs and lakes
The mid-Holocene climatic transition in the Mediterranean
A high-resolution record of landscape changes and land use over the last 5000 years in western Calabria (S. Eufemia Gulf, southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)
The Holocene record of environmental changes in the ‘Stagno di Maccarese’ marsh (Tiber river delta, central Italy)
Environmental evolution and anthropogenic forcing in the Garigliano coastal plain (Italy) during the Holocene
High-resolution palaeohydrological reconstruction of central Italy during the Holocene
Mid-Holocene vegetation history of the central Mediterranean
The sediments of the ‘Stagno di Maccarese’ marsh (Tiber river delta, central Italy)
Human-derived landscape changes on the northern Etruria coast (western Italy) between Roman times and the late Middle Ages
Middle- to late-Holocene fire history and the impact on Mediterranean pine and oak forests according to the core RF93-30, central Adriatic Sea
Tephrostratigraphy, chronology and climatic events of the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene
Mid-Holocene vegetation and climatic history of the Iberian Peninsula
Vegetation development and human activities in Attiki (SE Greece) during the last 5,000 years
A marine/terrestrial integration for mid-late Holocene vegetation history and the development of the cultural landscape in the Po valley as a result of human impact and climate change
Early–Middle Holocene vegetation history, climate change and human activities at Lago Riane (Ligurian Apennines, NW Italy)
Vegetation and fire history of coastal north-eastern Sardinia (Italy) under changing Holocene climates and land use
Years of climate, vegetation, fire and land-use dynamics in the thermo-mediterranean vegetation belt of northern Sardinia (Italy)
Pedological investigation of an early Bronze Age site in southern Italy
Long-Term Demographic Trends in Prehistoric Italy
Multidisciplinary study of Holocene archaeological soils in an upland Mediterranean site
Holocene mountain forest changes in central Mediterranean
Environmental and land use changes in a Mediterranean landscape
An 8300-yr record of environmental and cultural changes in the Sant’Eufemia Plain (Calabria, Italy)
A historical ecology of the Ecrins (Southern French Alps)
Late Quaternary soil erosion and landscape development in the Apennine region (central Italy)
Change fast or change slow? Late Glacial and Early Holocene cultures in a changing environment at Grotta Continenza, Central Italy
Paleoseismicity of the San Demetrio ne’ Vestini fault (L'Aquila Basin, Central Italy)
Holocene climatic conditions in the eastern Adriatic recorded in stalagmites from Strašna peć Cave (Croatia)
Stable isotope composition of Late Pleistocene-Holocene Eobania vermiculata (Müller, 1774) (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) shells from the Central Mediterranean basin
The transition from natural to anthropogenic-dominated environmental change in Italy and the surrounding regions since the Neolithic
Climate change at the end of the Old Kingdom in Egypt around 4200 BP
Intersection of exogenous, endogenous and anthropogenic factors in the Holocene landscape
Flood and sandstorm events recorded in holocene sebkha deposits in Southeastern Tunisia
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La necrópolis calcolítica de Los Millares
The Interaction of Climate Change and Agency in the Collapse of Civilizations ca. 2300–2000 BC
Climate change 6.2–2.0 cal ka BP in northeastern Africa, based on multi-proxy lake record from the Faiyum Oasis, Egypt
Late Pleistocene Glacial Events in the Central Apennines, Italy
Middle to Late Holocene glacial variations, periglacial processes and alluvial sedimentation on the higher Apennine massifs (Italy)
Late Holocene glacial and periglacial evolution in the upper Orco Valley, northwestern Italian Alps
Holocene Climate Variability in Sicily from a Discontinuous Stalagmite Record and the Mesolithic to Neolithic Transition
A 37-Meter Record of Paleoclimatological Events from Stable Isotope Data on Continental Molluscs in Valle di Castiglione, Near Rome, Italy
Climate Change 2007
A Pervasive Millennial-Scale Cycle in North Atlantic Holocene and Glacial Climates
Persistent Solar Influence on North Atlantic Climate During the Holocene
Contrasting patterns of hydrological changes in Europe in response to Holocene climate cooling phases
Hydrological changes in the African tropics since the Last Glacial Maximum
Holocene climate changes in the central Mediterranean as recorded by lake-level fluctuations at Lake Accesa (Tuscany, Italy)
Late Holocene drought responsible for the collapse of Old World civilizations is recorded in an Italian cave flowstone
Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes
A major widespread climatic change around 5300 cal. yr BP at the time of the Alpine Iceman
The 8k event
Last Glacial to Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution at Lago di Pergusa (Sicily, Southern Italy) as inferred by pollen, microcharcoal, and stable isotopes
Tephrochronology of the 100ka lacustrine sediment record of Lago Grande di Monticchio (southern Italy)
Palaeoseismicity in the Gran Sasso Massif (Abruzzo, Central Italy)
Human impact at Lago di Mezzano (central Italy) during the Bronze Age
Sediments from Lago di Mezzano, central Italy
Palaeoclimatological reconstruction using stable isotope data on continental molluscs from Valle di Castiglione, Roma, Italy
Possible complexity of the climatic event around 4300—3800 cal. BP in the central and western Mediterranean
Late-Holocene alluvial events in the Central Apennines, Italy
Tephrostratigraphy, chronology and climatic events of the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene
Multicentury glacier fluctuations in the Swiss Alps during the Holocene
Late-Holocene climatic variability south of the Alps as recorded by lake-level fluctuations at Lake Ledro, Trentino, Italy
Holocene seasonality changes in the central Mediterranean region reconstructed from the pollen sequences of Lake Accesa (Italy) and Tenaghi Philippon (Greece)
Radiocarbon Dating the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (Ca. 14–9 14 C Ka Bp) in Terrestrial and Marine Records
| Unique citing works | 57 |
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| Citations per year | 3,8 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 49 |