Temperature variability in southern Europe over the past 16 500 years constrained by speleothem fluid inclusion water isotopes
Juan Luis Bernal-Wormull,Ana Moreno,Yuri Dublyansky,Christoph Spötl,Reyes Giménez,Carlos Pérez-Mejías,Miguel Bartolomé,Martin Arriolabengoa,Eneko Iriarte,Isabel Cacho,Richard Lawrence Edwards,and Hai Cheng
Departamento de Geología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), C. de José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Martin Arriolabengoa
Department of Geology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain
Eneko Iriarte
Laboratory of Human Evolution-IsoTOPIK Stable Isotope Laboratory, Department of History, Geography & Communication, Edificio de I+D+i, Universidad de Burgos, Pl. Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain
In this paper we present a record of temperature changes during the last deglaciation and the Holocene using isotopes of fluid inclusions in stalagmites from the northeastern region of the Iberian Peninsula. This innovative climate proxy for this study region provides a quantitative understanding of the abrupt temperature changes in southern Europe in the last 16 500 years before present.
In this paper we present a record of temperature changes during the last deglaciation and the...