%0 Journal Article
%A Zazo Cardeña, Caridad
%A Dabrio González, Cristino José
%A Goy Goy, José Luis
%A Lario, Javier
%A Cabero del Río, Ana
%A Silva Barroso, Pablo Gabriel
%A Bardají Azcárate, Teresa
%A Mercier, Norbert
%A Borja, Francisco
%A Roquero, Elvira
%T The coastal archives of the last 15 ka in the Atlantic–MediterraneanSpanish linkage area: Sea level and climate changes
%D 2008
%@ 1040-6182
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/49413
%X Sea level and climate changes archived in various coastal environments during the last part of the last glacial and present interglacialperiods are investigated by interpolating available geomorphology, sedimentology, palaeontology and geochronology data. The coastalresponse to these changes depended on the environment and geographic location. Changes of sea level during the rising, transgressivephase are well recorded in the sedimentary filling of the estuaries, whereas during the phase of highstand they are best recorded inbeach–barrier environments. The postglacial rise of sea level took place in two phases: a rapid rise until 6500 cal BP, and a second phaseof near stability with minor oscillations of metric magnitude. Regarding climate changes, there is no record of changing temperatures inthe coastal zones of southern Spain, although there is in precipitation and wind intensity/velocity. After 7–5 cal ka BP, the generalclimatic trend towards aridity was punctuated by several short-lived (centennial) episodes of increased aridity that occurred with amillennial cycle, often coincident with Bond cool events and, in some cases, with decreases of sea surface temperatures. The absence ofhuman intervention in vegetation composition until 2000 BP suggests that most environmental coastal shifts were climatically driven.
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