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- Title
Combining Small-Vertebrate, Marine and Stable-Isotope Data to Reconstruct Past Environments.
- Authors
Rofes, Juan; Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Naroa; Aguirre, Mikel; Martínez-García, Blanca; Ortega, Luis; Zuluaga, María Cruz; Bailon, Salvador; Alonso-Olazabal, Ainhoa; Castaños, Jone; Murelaga, Xabier
- Abstract
Three very different records are combined here to reconstruct the evolution of environments in the Cantabrian Region during the Upper Pleistocene, covering ~35.000 years. Two of these records come from Antoliñako Koba (Bizkaia, Spain), an exceptional prehistoric deposit comprising 9 chrono-cultural units (Aurignacian to Epipaleolithic). The palaeoecological signal of small-vertebrate communities and red deer stable-isotope data (δ13C and δ15N) from this mainland site are contrasted to marine microfaunal evidence (planktonic and benthic foraminifers, ostracods and δ18O data) gathered at the southern Bay of Biscay. Many radiocarbon dates for the Antoliña's sequence, made it possible to compare the different proxies among them and with other well-known North-Atlantic records. Cooling and warming events regionally recorded, mostly coincide with the climatic evolution of the Upper Pleistocene in the north hemisphere.
- Subjects
EVOLUTION research; EVOLUTIONARY paleoecology; PLEISTOCENE paleoecology; VERTEBRATES; STABLE isotopes; RADIOCARBON dating
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2015, p14219
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep14219