RT Journal Article
T1 The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records
A1 Moreno Caballud, Ana
A1 Pérez Sanz, Ana
A1 Frigola, Jaime
A1 Nieto Moreno, Vanesa
A1 Rodrigo Gámiz, Marta
A1 Martrat, Belén
A1 González Sampériz, Penélope
A1 Morellón Marteles, Mario
A1 Martín Puertas, Celia
A1 Corella, Juan Pablo
A1 Belmonte, Ânchel
A1 Sancho Marcén, Carlos
A1 Cacho Lascorz, Isabel
A1 Herrera, Gemma
A1 Canals, Miquel
A1 Grimalt, Joan O.
A1 Jiménez Espejo, Francisco
A1 Martínez Ruiz, Francisca
A1 Vegas Vilarrúbia, Teresa
A1 Valero Garcés, B. L.
AB Selected multi-proxy and accurately dated marine and terrestrial records covering the past 2000 years in the Iberian Peninsula (IP) facilitated a comprehensive regional paleoclimate reconstruction for the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA: 900–1300 AD). The sequences enabled an integrated approach to land–sea comparisons and, despite local differences and some minor chronological inconsistencies, presented clear evidence that the MCA was a dry period in the Mediterranean IP. It was a period characterized by decreased lake levels, more xerophytic and heliophytic vegetation, a low frequency of floods, major Saharan eolian fluxes, and less fluvial input to marine basins. In contrast, reconstruction based on sequences from the Atlantic Ocean side of the peninsula indicated increased humidity. The data highlight the unique characteristics of the MCA relative to earlier (the Dark Ages, DA: ca 500–900 years AD) and subsequent (the Little Ice Age, LIA: 1300–1850 years AD) colder periods. The reconstruction supports the hypothesis of Trouet et al. (2009), that a persistent positive mode of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) dominated the MCA.
PB Elsevier
SN 0277-3791
YR 2012
FD 2012-06-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43369
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43369
LA eng
NO CICYT
DS Docta Complutense
RD 15 jun 2025