[Dataset] Socio-ecological impact of monogenetic volcanism in the La Garrotxa Volcanic Field (NE Iberia)

Volcanism can cause major impacts, including climate change and mass extinctions. However, the impact of monogenetic volcanism is often considered as limited in volcanological research. This work provides for the first time an interdisciplinary approach to the socio-ecological impact of monogenetic...

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Autores: Revelles, Jordi, Martí Molist, Joan, Burjachs, Francesc, Finsinger, Walter, Iriarte, Eneko, Mesquita-Joanes, Francesc, Pla-Rabés, Sergi, Planagumà, Llorenç, Rodrigo, Maria A, Alcalde, Gabriel, Saña, Maria
Tipo de recurso: conjunto de datos
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/384875
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/384875
https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/310710
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Volcanism
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Sumario:Volcanism can cause major impacts, including climate change and mass extinctions. However, the impact of monogenetic volcanism is often considered as limited in volcanological research. This work provides for the first time an interdisciplinary approach to the socio-ecological impact of monogenetic volcanism in a key region, the La Garrotxa Volcanic Field (GVF, Girona, NE Iberia), where intense monogenetic volcanic activity occurred in the past. The analyses of a sedimentary sequence from the GVF enabled identifying previously unknown volcanic eruptions in the time interval 14-8.4 ka cal BP, constrain their volcanic stratigraphy and age, and unfold the effects of environmental change on geomorphology, vegetation, aquatic organisms and humans. Moreover, we reconstruct the major palaeoenvironmental changes caused by the eruptions in terms of fire episodes and subsequent disturbance on vegetation, hydrology and limnological conditions. When put in context with the archaeological record, it appears that the last hunter-gatherer communities were resilient at an extra-local scale, facing episodes of vulnerability due to volcanic activity, suggesting that their flexible nomadic patterns and foraging economies were an efficient source of risk management against the volcanic eruptions and their ecological impacts.