Title
Penultimate Glacial Cycle glacier extent in the Iberian Peninsula: New evidence from the Serra da Estrela (Central System, Portugal)
Date Issued
01 September 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V
Abstract
The objective of this work is to present a first assessment on the age of the glacial features of the Serra da Estrela, in the central Portugal, Iberian Peninsula (40°19′ N, 7°37′ W, 1993 m), using Cosmic-Ray Exposure dating (in situ cosmogenic 36Cl). A total of 6 samples were dated, 4 extracted from exposed moraine boulders and 2 from glacially polished bedrock surfaces. Despite the low number of samples, the results are consistent, reinforcing previous dating obtained by other methods and geomorphological and paleoclimatic information. The maximum extension of the glaciers occurred at the end of the Penultimate Glacial Cycle (Marine Isotope Stage 6), during Heinrich Stadial 11, around 140 ka. At the end of the Last Glacial Cycle, slightly before the Last Glacial Maximum, at around 30 ka, the Estrela glaciers reached again a similar extent. Finally, the glaciers disappeared from the Serra da Estrela at the beginning of the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial, at around 14.2 ka. These data confirm a certain synchronicity in the major glacial phases in most the Mediterranean and also European mountains, although there are notable differences in the maximum extent in the two cycles.
Volume
388
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Geología
Geoquímica, Geofísica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85106399898
Source
Geomorphology
ISSN of the container
0169555X
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded by the project PR108/20-20 ( Santander Bank-UCM Projects ), with the help of the High Mountain Physical Geography Research Group ( Complutense University of Madrid ), with fieldwork and UAV surveys funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in the framework of project Altitud3 ( PTDC/EAM-REM/30475/2017 ) and of CEG/IGOT activities under FCT IP. UIDB/00295/2020 and UIDP/00295/2020.
This research was funded by the project PR108/20-20 (Santander Bank-UCM Projects), with the help of the High Mountain Physical Geography Research Group (Complutense University of Madrid), with fieldwork and UAV surveys funded by the Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecnologia in the framework of project Altitud3 (PTDC/EAM-REM/30475/2017) and of CEG/IGOT activities under FCT IP. UIDB/00295/2020 and UIDP/00295/2020.
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