Cuevas-González, J.; Díez-Canseco, D.; Elez, J.; Pérez-Mejías, C.; Cheng, H.; Cañaveras, J.C. Inland Record of the Last Interglacial Maximum in the Western Mediterranean: Revealing the Aljezares Pleistocene Basin (Alicante, SE-Spain). Geosciences2023, 13, 385.
Cuevas-González, J.; Díez-Canseco, D.; Elez, J.; Pérez-Mejías, C.; Cheng, H.; Cañaveras, J.C. Inland Record of the Last Interglacial Maximum in the Western Mediterranean: Revealing the Aljezares Pleistocene Basin (Alicante, SE-Spain). Geosciences 2023, 13, 385.
Cuevas-González, J.; Díez-Canseco, D.; Elez, J.; Pérez-Mejías, C.; Cheng, H.; Cañaveras, J.C. Inland Record of the Last Interglacial Maximum in the Western Mediterranean: Revealing the Aljezares Pleistocene Basin (Alicante, SE-Spain). Geosciences2023, 13, 385.
Cuevas-González, J.; Díez-Canseco, D.; Elez, J.; Pérez-Mejías, C.; Cheng, H.; Cañaveras, J.C. Inland Record of the Last Interglacial Maximum in the Western Mediterranean: Revealing the Aljezares Pleistocene Basin (Alicante, SE-Spain). Geosciences 2023, 13, 385.
Abstract
The search for a continuous continental record of interglacial periods in semi-arid regions is problematic due to the absence of stable and continuous sedimentary systems over time in this type of climate. In this work, a relatively stable basin is described and analyzed during the last interglacial in a semi-arid region of the western Mediterranean. For this purpose a geomorphological, stratigraphic and sedimentological study has been carried out, with dating through 230Th. A semi-endorrheic Pleistocene basin has been identified, with two units that correspond to a fluvial-lacustrine system (unit P1) and an alluvial system (unit P2). Unit P1 has been dated in the MIS 5e interglacial episode. A framework is described in which the Aljezares Quaternary basin can be considered as a possible source of paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic information in semi-arid regions from the last interglacial period in future studies.
Keywords
Semiarid Climate; Western Mediterranean; MIS 5; Geomorphology; Sedimentology
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Geophysics and Geology
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