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- Title
Late Pleistocene-Holocene climate transition in the western Mediterranean: a view from the stable isotopes of land snail shells.
- Authors
Colonese, André Carlo; Zanchetta, Giovanni; Fallick, Anthony E.; Drysdale, Russell
- Abstract
Late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological deposits from the central Mediterranean regions contain abundant terrestrial gastropod shell remains. Stable isotope studies of their shell carbonate are valuable proxies for various aspects of climate and environmental change such as temperature, hydrological sources and balance, as well as vegetation. Here we present stable carbon and oxygen isotope data of snail shells from several archaeological deposits in the western Mediterranean (Iberian, Italian Peninsula and Sicily). Isotope ratios differ remarkably between the Late Pleistocene, Holocene and modern shells. The results can be interpreted in terms of hydrological variations and changes in vegetation over time. Fossil shells offer the opportunity to examine the effects of past climate change on local and regional environments.
- Subjects
MEDITERRANEAN Sea; MEDITERRANEAN Region; WESTERN Mediterranean; CLIMATOLOGY; NUCLIDES; ISOTOPES; CLIMATE change; ATMOSPHERIC models
- Publication
Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, 2015, Vol 21, p78
- ISSN
1304-9550
- Publication type
Article