Pluvial periods in Southern Arabia over the last 1.1 million-years
Past climates and environments experienced by the Saharo-Arabian desert belt are of prime
importance for palaeoclimatic and palaeoanthropological research. On orbital timescales …
importance for palaeoclimatic and palaeoanthropological research. On orbital timescales …
Still no archaeological evidence that Neanderthals created Iberian cave art
R White, G Bosinski, R Bourrillon, J Clottes… - 2020 - Elsevier
Based on uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating of calcite deposits overlying paintings in three
Spanish caves, Hoffmann et al.(2018a) have proposed that a rectangular sign at La Pasiega …
Spanish caves, Hoffmann et al.(2018a) have proposed that a rectangular sign at La Pasiega …
Speleothems as high-resolution paleoflood archives
RF Denniston, M Luetscher - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last two decades, speleothems have become widely utilized records of past
environmental variability, typically through their stable isotopic and trace elemental …
environmental variability, typically through their stable isotopic and trace elemental …
Holocene climate variability in Sicily from a discontinuous stalagmite record and the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition
Fabric and stable isotopic composition of a Holocene stalagmite (CR1) from a cave in
northern Sicily record changes in paleorainfall in the early Holocene. High δ13C stable …
northern Sicily record changes in paleorainfall in the early Holocene. High δ13C stable …
Uranium-series dating of carbonate formations overlying Paleolithic art: interest and limitations
E Pons-Branchu, R Bourrillon, MW Conkey… - Bulletin de la Société …, 2014 - JSTOR
The Uranium-Thorium (U/Th) series dating method, developed 50 years ago, has proven its
usefulness and reliability for the dating of marine (corals) and continental (speleothems) …
usefulness and reliability for the dating of marine (corals) and continental (speleothems) …
Temperature and altitudinal influence on karst dripwater chemistry: Implications for regional-scale palaeoclimate reconstructions from speleothems
The reconstruction of robust past climate records from speleothems requires a prior
understanding of the environmental and hydrological conditions that lead to speleothem …
understanding of the environmental and hydrological conditions that lead to speleothem …
Effect of aragonite to calcite transformation on the geochemistry and dating accuracy of speleothems. An example from Castañar Cave, Spain
Aragonite speleothems are increasingly being used as high-resolution climate proxies;
however, aragonite is unstable and susceptible to diagenetic transformation into calcite …
however, aragonite is unstable and susceptible to diagenetic transformation into calcite …
Diagenesis of speleothems and its effect on the accuracy of 230Th/U-ages
Speleothems can be precisely dated by U-series disequilibrium methods. One basic
assumption of the 230 Th/U-dating method is that the system remains closed and U and Th …
assumption of the 230 Th/U-dating method is that the system remains closed and U and Th …
Speleothem record from Pentadactylos cave (Cyprus): new insights into climatic variations during MIS 6 and MIS 5 in the Eastern Mediterranean
A new paleoclimate record from Cyprus gives valuable insights into climatic variations
during Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 6–5 for the East Mediterranean region. Two stalagmites …
during Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 6–5 for the East Mediterranean region. Two stalagmites …
U/Th and 14C crossdating of parietal calcite deposits: application to Nerja cave (Andalusia, Spain) and future perspectives
H Valladas, E Pons-Branchu, JP Dumoulin, A Quiles… - …, 2017 - cambridge.org
14C and U/Th methods were used to date three thin carbonate layers deposited on
decorated walls of Nerja Cave (Malaga, southern Spain) in order to constrain the age of the …
decorated walls of Nerja Cave (Malaga, southern Spain) in order to constrain the age of the …