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[ES] En este artículo se aportan nuevos datos sobre la cronología y estructura del Último Periodo Interglaciar (Eemiense) mediante la datación por U-Th de cuatro espeleotemas procedentes del norte de España y el análisis de sus registros de isótopos estables. Las cuatro estalagmitas estudiadas proceden de distintos niveles de la Cueva del Cobre, una cueva de alta montaña, relativamente fría, situada en la Cordillera Cantábrica, y en la que el crecimiento de espeleotemas tuvo lugar principalmente durante los estadios cálidos. El comienzo del periodo interglaciar Eemiense se ha situado de manera precisa en ~150±2 ka mediante 18 edades de TIMS e ICPMS y 263 análisis de isotópicos estables de oxígeno de las estalagmitas. Esta edad es coherente con otros registros paleoclimáticos, notablemente más reciente que la edad calculada a partir de los ciclos de Milankovitch. También ha sido posible datar la transición Eemiense-Weichseliense (~115 ka) por primera vez en la Península Ibérica. Por otro lado, las dataciones de U-Th revelaron una anomalía consistente entre ~105-100 ka, que podría estar relacionada con un drástico cambio ambiental durante el interestadio MIS-5c. Este evento podría haber abierto el sistema de U-Th en las bases de las cuatro estalagmitas durante un corto intervalo de tiempo. Además, en este trabajo proponemos por primera vez una sencilla prueba geoquímica para comprobar la ausencia de alteraciones del sistema de U-Th en las muestras elegidas para obtener las dataciones.
[EN] New insight into the timing and structure of the Last Interglacial Period (Eemian) was obtained through U-Th dating of four speleothems from Northern Spain and an analysis of their stable isotope records. The four stalagmites examined were collected from different levels of Cueva del Cobre, a cold high-mountain cave in the Cantabrian Ranges (N Spain), in which speleothem growth took place essentially during the warmer interestadials. Through 18 TIMS and ICPMS datings and 263 stable isotope analyses, the onset of the Eemian interglacial period was precisely dated at 150±2 ka, an age consistent with a few other palaeoclimatic records but notably younger than the age ascribed by the Milankovitch theory. We also date the Eemian–Weichselian transition (~115 ka) for the fi rst time in the Iberian Peninsula. U-Th ages revealed a consistent anomaly at ~105-100 ka BP, which could be related to a drastic environmental change during the MIS-5c interestadial. This event would have caused the resetting of the U-Th system at the base of the stalagmites during a short time interval. In addition, we propose a new simple geochemical test to ensure the lack of disturbance of this type of samples for dating purposes
This study is a contribution to Projects REN2001-1409/ CLI and CGL2004-01866 of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. The authors thank the authorities of the Fuentes Carrionas-Fuente Cobre Natural Park (Junta de Castilla-León) for providing the facilities and permissions required for our work. We also thank Drs. Helena Hercman (Polish Academy of Science, Poland) and Mª Teresa Crespo (CIEMAT, Spain) for their help with the alpha spectrometry datings. We are also indebted to Adriano Cortel, Carmen Pino, Araceli Sariá and José Matas for help with the fi eldwork and collection of rock samples, and to Gilberto Herrero, Beatriz Moral and María Isabel Sevillano for help with preparing the samples and laboratory assistance. The manuscript benefi ted of comments and suggestions from two anonymous referees. The English was edited by A. Burton.
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España., 2506.19 Estratigrafía, Espeleotemas, España, Series de uranio, Eemian, Palaeoclimate, Speleothems, Eemiense, (460.183)550.93, Uranium-series, Spain, Geología estratigráfica, Paleoclima, Isótopos estables, 550.93(460.183), Stable isotopes
España., 2506.19 Estratigrafía, Espeleotemas, España, Series de uranio, Eemian, Palaeoclimate, Speleothems, Eemiense, (460.183)550.93, Uranium-series, Spain, Geología estratigráfica, Paleoclima, Isótopos estables, 550.93(460.183), Stable isotopes
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