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Climate changes during the Late Glacial in southern Europe: new insights based on pollen and brGDGTs of Lake Matese in Italy
Mary Robles
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Univ. Molise, Campobasso, Italy
ISEM, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Univ. Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
Odile Peyron
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
ISEM, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Univ. Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
Guillemette Ménot
LGL-TPE, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, UJM, CNRS, Univ. Lyon 1, 69007 Lyon, France
Elisabetta Brugiapaglia
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Univ. Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Sabine Wulf
School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Oona Appelt
GFZ German Research Centre of Geosciences, Section 3.6, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
Marion Blache
ISEM, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Univ. Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
Boris Vannière
Chrono-Environnement, CNRS, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté,
25000 Besançon, France
MSHE Ledoux, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté,
25000 Besançon, France
Lucas Dugerdil
ISEM, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Univ. Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
Bruno Paura
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Univ. Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Salomé Ansanay-Alex
LGL-TPE, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, UJM, CNRS, Univ. Lyon 1, 69007 Lyon, France
Amy Cromartie
Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Laurent Charlet
ISTerre, IFSTTAR, CNRS, IRD, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, 38058 Grenoble, France
Stephane Guédron
ISTerre, IFSTTAR, CNRS, IRD, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, 38058 Grenoble, France
Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu
IMBE, CNRS, IRD, Aix-Marseille Univ., Avignon Univ., 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Sébastien Joannin
ISEM, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Univ. Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
LGL-TPE, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, UJM, CNRS, Univ. Lyon 1, 69007 Lyon, France
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Short summary
Quantitative climate reconstructions based on pollen and brGDGTs reveal, for the Late Glacial, a warm Bølling–Allerød and a marked cold Younger Dryas in Italy, showing no latitudinal differences in terms of temperatures across Italy. In terms of precipitation, no latitudinal differences are recorded during the Bølling–Allerød, whereas 40–42° N appears as a key junction point between wetter conditions in southern Italy and drier conditions in northern Italy during the Younger Dryas.
Quantitative climate reconstructions based on pollen and brGDGTs reveal, for the Late Glacial, a...
