Investigating the Mid-Brunhes Event in the Spanish terrestrial sequence

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Research Article| November 01, 2012 Investigating the Mid-Brunhes Event in the Spanish terrestrial sequence Hugues-Alexandre Blain; Hugues-Alexandre Blain * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), c/ Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, Spain, and Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: hablain@iphes.cat; ilozano@iphes.cat; jmlopez@iphes.cat; aolle@iphes.cat; jordi.rosell@urv.cat; cuencag@unizar.es; jesus.rodriguez@cenieh.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Gloria Cuenca-Bescós; Gloria Cuenca-Bescós * 2Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain *E-mails: hablain@iphes.cat; ilozano@iphes.cat; jmlopez@iphes.cat; aolle@iphes.cat; jordi.rosell@urv.cat; cuencag@unizar.es; jesus.rodriguez@cenieh.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Iván Lozano-Fernández; Iván Lozano-Fernández * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), c/ Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, Spain, and Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: hablain@iphes.cat; ilozano@iphes.cat; jmlopez@iphes.cat; aolle@iphes.cat; jordi.rosell@urv.cat; cuencag@unizar.es; jesus.rodriguez@cenieh.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Juan Manuel López-García; Juan Manuel López-García * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), c/ Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, Spain, and Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: hablain@iphes.cat; ilozano@iphes.cat; jmlopez@iphes.cat; aolle@iphes.cat; jordi.rosell@urv.cat; cuencag@unizar.es; jesus.rodriguez@cenieh.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Andreu Ollé; Andreu Ollé * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), c/ Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, Spain, and Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: hablain@iphes.cat; ilozano@iphes.cat; jmlopez@iphes.cat; aolle@iphes.cat; jordi.rosell@urv.cat; cuencag@unizar.es; jesus.rodriguez@cenieh.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jordi Rosell; Jordi Rosell * 1IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social), c/ Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, Spain, and Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain *E-mails: hablain@iphes.cat; ilozano@iphes.cat; jmlopez@iphes.cat; aolle@iphes.cat; jordi.rosell@urv.cat; cuencag@unizar.es; jesus.rodriguez@cenieh.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jesus Rodríguez Jesus Rodríguez * 3CENIEH (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana), Avenida de la Paz 28, 09004 Burgos, Spain *E-mails: hablain@iphes.cat; ilozano@iphes.cat; jmlopez@iphes.cat; aolle@iphes.cat; jordi.rosell@urv.cat; cuencag@unizar.es; jesus.rodriguez@cenieh.es. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (2012) 40 (11): 1051–1054. https://doi.org/10.1130/G33427.1 Article history received: 19 Mar 2012 rev-recd: 12 May 2012 accepted: 16 May 2012 first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Gloria Cuenca-Bescós, Iván Lozano-Fernández, Juan Manuel López-García, Andreu Ollé, Jordi Rosell, Jesus Rodríguez; Investigating the Mid-Brunhes Event in the Spanish terrestrial sequence. Geology 2012;; 40 (11): 1051–1054. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G33427.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract In the Mediterranean area, which is climatically stressed by limited water resources and extremes of heat, climate variations are known to play a crucial role in the ecosystems and environment. Investigating how climate has changed in the past may help us to understand how it may change in the future and its consequences on temperature and water resources. The Gran Dolina sequence (north-central Spain) provides a unique long paleontological and archaeological record spanning the Mid-Brunhes (ca. 450 ka) climatic transition. A fossil amphibian- and squamate-based reconstruction of temperature and precipitation shows marked peaks that have been related to various interglacial peaks in accordance with numeric dates and paleomagnetic and biochronological data. An analysis of climate and herpetofaunal assemblage changes during the interglacial periods reveals that (1) post-Mid-Brunhes Event (MBE) interglacials were warmer than pre-MBE interglacials, (2) pre-MBE interglacials were warmer than present day, and (3) there were lower levels of rainfall in post-MBE interglacials than in pre-MBE interglacials. The climate trend in the Mediterranean area was found to be congruous with global climate changes as reconstructed from ice and sea-surface temperature records over the past million years. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.