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Research article
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Research article |
| 13 Mar 2024
| 13 Mar 2024
Reconstructing hydroclimate changes over the past 2500 years using speleothems from Pyrenean caves (NE Spain)
Miguel Bartolomé
Departamento de Geología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), C. de José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Swiss Institute for Speleology and Karst Studies (SISKA), Rue de la Serre 68, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Department of Earth Sciences, Geological Institute, NO G59, Sonneggstrasse 5, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Geoenvironmental Processes and Global Change, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Carlos Sancho
Earth Sciences Department, University of Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
deceased
Isabel Cacho
CRG Geociències Marines, Dept. Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Heather Stoll
Department of Earth Sciences, Geological Institute, NO G59, Sonneggstrasse 5, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Negar Haghipour
Department of Earth Sciences, Geological Institute, NO G59, Sonneggstrasse 5, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Physics, Laboratory for Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Ánchel Belmonte
Sobrarbe-Pirineos UNESCO Global Geopark, 22340 Boltaña, Spain
Christoph Spötl
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
John Hellstrom
School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
R. Lawrence Edwards
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Hai Cheng
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710061, China
Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, MLR, Institute of Karst Geology, CAGS, Guilin, 541004, China
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- Trends in temperature and precipitation at high and low elevations in the main mountain ranges of the Iberian Peninsula (1894–2020): The Sierra Nevada and the Pyrenees J. Sigro et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8487
- Late Holocene climate changes in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula reflect fluctuations in the relative dominance of Atlantic and Mediterranean climate zones U. Fernández-Pérez et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113034
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- Block alignments/talus flatiron stages as response to lithological factors and dynamic slope changes in the Central Ebro Basin, NE Spain J. Peña-Monné et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108864
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Short summary
Reconstructing past temperatures at regional scales during the Common Era is necessary to place the current warming in the context of natural climate variability. We present a climate reconstruction based on eight stalagmites from four caves in the Pyrenees, NE Spain. These stalagmites were dated precisely and analysed for their oxygen isotopes, which appear dominated by temperature changes. Solar variability and major volcanic eruptions are the two main drivers of observed climate variability.
Reconstructing past temperatures at regional scales during the Common Era is necessary to place...
