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Arsenio Muñoz

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Effects of glaciation on karst hydrology and sedimentology during the Last Glacial Cycle: The case of Granito cave, Central Pyrenees (Spain)

2021

In Alpine regions, speleothem development on karst systems largely occurs during warm interglacial or interstadial phases due to their limited growth during cold stages. Still, recent attention has been given to the role of clastic sediments in caves, less dependent on temperature conditions. Yet, only a small number of caves worldwide preserve both speleothems and detrital deposits. Here we present an outstanding record of fine-grain laminated sediments and carbonate speleothems from the Granito cave (South Central Pyrenees, Spain) associated with seasonal to annual hydroclimatic pulses through the Last Glacial Cycle (LGC). Analysis of cave clastic facies together with new absolute dates o…

geographygeography.geographical_feature_category010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesGeochemistrySpeleothemHydrological responseStalagmite04 agricultural and veterinary sciences580 Plants (Botany)Upper Pleistocene01 natural sciencesCaveMoraineInterglacial040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesGlacial periodCave sedimentsCentral PyreneesGeologyHolocenePhreaticGlacier dynamics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEarth-Surface Processes
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Environmental changes during the Upper Pleistocene–Holocene in Mediterranean NE Spain as recorded by the mineralogy and geochemistry of alluvial reco…

2013

Abstract Landscape evolution and environmental conditions from Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to Late Holocene times were reconstructed from the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the alluvial morphochronostratigraphy, recorded in Bardenas Reales Natural Park (Ebro Basin, NE Spain). Alluvial architecture includes a LGM-Holocene gravelly unit (≈22–9 ka BP), a Lower Holocene silty–muddy unit (≈9–7 ka BP), and an Upper Holocene sandy unit (≈5–0.1 ka BP). Increases in illite–smectite mixed layers, kaolinite, chlorite and modified Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA*), as well as the decrease in illite FWHM(E), are indicators of minor increases in the chemical weathering of the alluvial …

Mediterranean climatePleistoceneIlliteGeochemistryengineeringLast Glacial MaximumWeatheringAlluviumStructural basinengineering.materialGeologyHoloceneEarth-Surface ProcessesQuaternary International
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