Vegetation changes and hydrological fluctuations in the Central Ebro Basin (NE Spain) since the Late Glacial period: Saline lake records

TL;DR: In this article, a multiresolution analysis of sediment cores recovered in karstic Lake Estanya (42°02′ N, 0°32′ E; 670 m a. s. l., NE Spain), located in the transitional area between the humid Pyrenees and the semi-arid Central Ebro Basin, provides the first high-resolution, continuous sedimentary record in the region, extending back the last 21,000 years.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compile and summarize the available paleo-environmental lacustrine data for the last 20,000 years from the southern Central Pyrenees (from west to east: El Portalet, Tramacastilla, Basa de la Mora, Estanya, Redon, Montcortes and Marcelino lakes).

TL;DR: This article presented a palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the last glacial cycle in Iberia (ca 120,000 to 11,600 cal yrs BP) based on multi-proxy reconstructions from lake sediments with robust chronologies, with a particular focus on abrupt climate changes.

TL;DR: In this article, a robust age model based on 15 AMS radiocarbon dates underpins the first precise reconstruction of rapid climate changes during the Holocene from this area, using high resolution multiproxy data (pollen, sedimentology, geochemistry, chironomids and charcoal).

TL;DR: In this paper, a new calibration curve for the conversion of radiocarbon ages to calibrated (cal) ages has been constructed and internationally ratified to replace IntCal98, which extended from 0-24 cal kyr BP (Before Present, 0 cal BP = AD 1950).

TL;DR: In this paper, the topology of the tetrahedral linkage and the efficiency of space filling are compared for the various polymorphs of SiO2, and the displacive transformations from a more open high-temperature form (e.g., "high" or "h") to a denser form stable at lower temperatures (α quartz or cristobalite) are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the first area-average time series reconstructions of warmest month, coldest month and mean annual surface air temperatures across Europe during the last 12,000 years are presented.