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Evidence for Holocene sea level and climate change from Almenara marsh (western Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

Ana M. Blázquez*
Affiliation:
Environmental and Marine Sciences Research Institute, Catholic University of Valencia, C/ Guillem de Castro 94, 46003 Valencia, Spain
Ana Rodríguez-Pérez
Affiliation:
Environmental and Marine Sciences Research Institute, Catholic University of Valencia, C/ Guillem de Castro 94, 46003 Valencia, Spain
Trinidad Torres
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biomolecular Stratigraphy, E.T.S.I. Minas y Energía, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/ Ríos Rosas 21, 28003 Madrid, Spain
José E. Ortiz
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biomolecular Stratigraphy, E.T.S.I. Minas y Energía, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/ Ríos Rosas 21, 28003 Madrid, Spain
*
*Corresponding author at: Environmental and Marine Sciences Research Institute, Catholic University of Valencia, C/ Guillem de Castro 94, 46003 Valencia, Spain. E-mail address: ana.blazquez@ucv.es (A.M. Blázquez).

Abstract

In the Almenara marsh (western Mediterranean), four cores were analyzed to establish the relationship between the marsh record of the Almenara marshlands and the environmental factors responsible for its evolution during the Holocene. One hundred and eighty-six samples were collected for sedimentologic and paleontological study: 63 for biomarker analysis; 5 for amino acid racemization (AAR) dating; and 5 for 14C dating. Litho and biofacies analyses identified distinct paleoenvironments, with the presence of a marsh environment alternating with inputs of alluvial material and marine sediments. Biomarkers indicated the constant presence of terrestrial (herbaceous) plants, together with a variable development of aquatic macrophytes. During the Holocene transgression, the Almenara marsh was occupied by oligohaline marsh facies with an oscillating water level and peat formation, which was established at the bottom of the record at 7570 cal yr BP and persisted until 3100±780 yr (AAR). Maximum surface flooding occurred at 5480 cal yr BP, registered 450m from the current coastline. At least three peat beds (dated with 14C dating and AAR) correlated with Bond (episode 5900 cal yr BP) and Wanner (episodes 4800–4500 and 3300–3500 cal yr BP) cycles and thus correspond to a regional model that affected the Northern Hemisphere.

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