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Title: | A speleothem record from Portugal reveals phases of increased winter precipitation in western Iberia during the Holocene |
Author: | Zilhão, João, 1957- Souto, Pedro Rodrigues, Filipa Sanz Borràs, Montserrat Daura Luján, Joan Hoffmann, Dirk L. Benson, Alexa |
Keywords: | Holocè Península Ibèrica Paleoclimatologia Precipitacions (Meteorologia) Holocene Iberian Peninsula Paleoclimatology Precipitations (Meteorology) |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Abstract: | The European climate during the Holocene period is characterised by frequent changes of temperature and precipitation. The North Atlantic plays a major role as a driver for European climate and is a dominant precipitation source, particularly for the western European and north African realm. Atmospheric pressure gradients over the Atlantic (North Atlantic Oscillation, NAO), Atlantic circulation patterns (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, AMO) or positioning of the Atlantic jet stream have been suggested to be responsible for precipitation patterns across western Europe. However, proxy data provide an inconsistent picture on how precipitation responds to changes in the Atlantic realm such as changes of Atlantic temperature</p><p>(IRD), atmospheric pressure (NAO), water circulation (AMO) or the jet stream. Here we present a record of speleothem-based winter precipitation amount from Portugal. The record covers most of the Holocene and demonstrates that wetter conditions were synchronous in western and southern Iberia during early and mid Holocene. The record also shows a correlation between increased winter precipitation amount in western Iberia and Atlantic cooling, evidenced by Bond events, between 10 and 4 ka. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836211011666 |
It is part of: | Holocene, 2021, vol. 31, num.8, p. 1339-1350 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/207229 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836211011666 |
ISSN: | 0959-6836 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Història i Arqueologia) |
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