Implicaciones paleoclimáticas de la distribución geocronológica de espeleotemas en la Cueva del Cobre (Palencia)

Twenty two Uranium-series datings carried on seven stalagmites collected in the cold, high mountain karstic system of Cueva del Cobre (Cantabrian Mountains, N Spain) allow to distinguish three phases of major growth frequency of speleothems in the cave for the last 7 50 ky. This difference in growth...

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Autores: Muñoz, M. B., Martín Chivelet, Javier, Rossi, C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/9002
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Paleoclimate
Late Quaternary
Speleothems
Cantabrian Mountains
U-series
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Sumario:Twenty two Uranium-series datings carried on seven stalagmites collected in the cold, high mountain karstic system of Cueva del Cobre (Cantabrian Mountains, N Spain) allow to distinguish three phases of major growth frequency of speleothems in the cave for the last 7 50 ky. This difference in growth frequency is interpreted to be climatically induced: stalagmite growth was impeded during the coldest time intervals when the cave was probably covered by a mountain glacier and, on the contrary, their maximum growth took place during warmer humid episodes. This hypothesis is supported by the correlation of the speleothem growth frequencies with the oxygen isotopic stages of the late Quaternary