Varves in lake sediments–a review

B Zolitschka, P Francus, AEK Ojala… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Downcore counting of laminations in varved sediments offers a direct and incremental
dating technique for high-resolution climatic and environmental archives with at least annual …

Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods

B Wilhelm, JA Ballesteros Cánovas… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
River flooding is among the most destructive of natural hazards globally, causing
widespread loss of life, damage to infrastructure and economic deprivation. Societies are …

Holocene flooding and climate change in the Mediterranean

G Benito, MG Macklin, C Zielhofer, AF Jones… - Catena, 2015 - Elsevier
Mediterranean fluvial hydrology is characterised by decadal-to-multi-centennial length wet
and dry episodes with abrupt transitions related to changes in atmospheric circulation. Since …

Environmental and climate change in the southern Central Pyrenees since the Last Glacial Maximum: A view from the lake records

P González-Sampériz, J Aranbarri, A Pérez-Sanz… - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
In this contribution we compile and summarize the available paleo-environmental lacustrine
data for the last 20,000 years from the southern Central Pyrenees (from west to east: El …

[HTML][HTML] A unique Pyrenean varved record provides a detailed reconstruction of Mediterranean vegetation and land-use dynamics over the last three millennia

V Rull, T Vegas-Vilarrúbia, JP Corella… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pyrenean Lake Montcortès sediments hold the longest continuous and
absolutely varve-dated record of the Mediterranean region, encompassing the last three …

[HTML][HTML] Atlantic forcing of Western Mediterranean winter rain minima during the last 12,000 years

C Zielhofer, WJ Fletcher, S Mischke, M De Batist… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The limited availability of high-resolution continuous archives, insufficient chronological
control, and complex hydro-climatic forcing mechanisms lead to many uncertainties in …

Channel dynamics and geomorphic resilience in an ephemeral Mediterranean river affected by gravel mining

M Calle, P Alho, G Benito - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Gravel mining has been a widespread activity in ephemeral rivers worldwide whose long-
lasting hydrogeomorphological impacts preclude effective implementation of water and …

River flooding on the French Mediterranean coast and its relation to climate and land use change over the past two millennia

JP Degeai, P Blanchemanche, L Tavenne, M Tillier… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
River flooding triggered by extreme rainfall events is a major natural hazard that frequently
causes fatalities and damages in southeastern France. A 2000-year record of flooding from …

Three millennia of heavy rainfalls in Western Mediterranean: frequency, seasonality and atmospheric drivers

JP Corella, BL Valero-Garcés, SM Vicente-Serrano… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Documenting subdecadal-scale heavy rainfall (HR) variability over several millennia can
rarely be accomplished due to the paucity of high resolution, homogeneous and continuous …

6-kyr record of flood frequency and intensity in the western Mediterranean Alps–Interplay of solar and temperature forcing

P Sabatier, B Wilhelm, GF Ficetola, F Moiroux… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The high-resolution sedimentological and geochemical analysis of a sediment sequence
from Lake Savine (Western Mediterranean Alps, France) led to the identification of 220 event …