%0 Journal Article
%A Postigo Mijarra, José
%A Gómez Manzaneque, Fernando
%A Morla Juaristi, Carlos
%A Zazo, Cari
%T Palaeoecological significance of Late Pleistocene pine macrofossils in the lower Guadalquivir Basin (Doñana natural park, southwestern Spain)
%D 2010
%@ 0031-0182
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96192
%X This paper reports on analysis of plant macrofossils in aeolian deposits exposed in El Asperillo cliff in the Province of Huelva. A significant find of a large number of macrofossils of Pinus (Pinus pinaster Ait. and Pinus nigra Arnold) makes a major contribution to our understanding of the role of Pine in the Upper Pleistocene landscapes of Iberia. P. pinaster Ait. and P. nigra Arnold, are meso-microthermic species and inhabited valleys excavated in aeolian sediments mainly deposited during OIS 4 and OIS 3 (based on OSL and radiocarbon ages). Their presence in these valleys during the last part of OIS4 and OIS 3 reflects a significant fall in temperature during certain periods of these isotopic stages and helps us better understand the response of coastal dynamics to climate change.
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