Holocene vegetation and climate change recorded in alpine bog sediments from the Borreguiles de la Virgen, Sierra Nevada, southern Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24085292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gonzalo Jiménez‐moreno (0000-0001-7185-8686, Universidad de Granada, corresponding author), Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, R Scott Anderson (0000-0002-7037-4150, Northern Arizona University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-53 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.09.006 |
| OpenAlex | W1997276630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 68 |
High-resolution pollen and magnetic susceptibility (MS) analyses have been carried out on a sediment core taken from a high-elevation alpine bog area located in Sierra Nevada, southern Spain. The earliest part of the record, from 8200 to about 7000 cal yr BP, is characterized by the highest abundance of arboreal pollen and Pediastrum , indicating the warmest and wettest conditions in the area at that time. The pollen record shows a progressive aridification since 7000 cal yr BP that occurred in two steps, first shown by a decrease in Pinus , replaced by Poaceae from 7000 to 4600 cal yr BP and then by Cyperaceae, Artemisia and Amaranthaceae from 4600 to 1200 cal yr BP. Pediastrum also decreased progressively and totally disappeared at ca. 3000 yr ago. The progressive aridification is punctuated by periodically enhanced drought at ca. 6500, 5200 and 4000 cal yr BP that coincide in timing and duration with well-known dry events in the Mediterranean and other areas. Since 1200 cal yr BP, several changes are observed in the vegetation that probably indicate the high-impact of humans in the Sierra Nevada, with pasturing leading to nutrient enrichment and eutrophication of the bog, Pinus reforestation and Olea cultivation at lower elevations.
Archaeology · Aridification · Biology · Bog · Climate change · Cyperaceae · Geography · Holocene · Macrofossil · Mediterranean climate · Palynology · Peat · Physical geography · Poaceae · Pollen · Vegetation (pathology) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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