Late Pleistocene carbonate aeolianites on Mallorca, Western Mediterranean: a luminescence chronology

Fornós, Joan J.; Clemmensen, Lars B.; Gómez-Pujol, Lluı́s; Murray, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.06.008

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“…This observation is also in accordance with the interruption of soil genesis within the peridesert loess on the Matmata plateau in southern Tunisia (Coudé-Gaussen et al, 1987;Dearing et al, 2001). Enhanced aeolian transport and dune formation during cold climatic intervals (interrupting Mediterranean red soil formation) has been found in Mallorca (western Mediterranean), indicative for higher aeolian input derived from desert areas in North Africa (Fiol et al, 2005;Fornós et al, 2009). Furthermore, variations of grain size detected in loess-paleosols sections from continental China were interpreted as a consequence of the expanding desert margin during glacial periods Porter and An, 1995;Xiao et al, 1995).…”

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Micromorphological approach to polycyclic pedogenesis on the Messak Settafet plateau (central Sahara): Formative processes and palaeoenvironmental significance

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Micromorphological approach to polycyclic pedogenesis on the Messak Settafet plateau (central Sahara): Formative processes and palaeoenvironmental significance

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“…Consequently, detailed chronostratigraphic study can potentially reveal changes in the environmental conditions during the Quaternary (Huntley et al, 1993(Huntley et al, , 1994Rose et al, 1999;Huntley and Prescott, 2001;Preusser et al, 2002;Munyikwa, 2005;Tripaldi and Forman, 2007;Amorosi et al, 2009;Fitzsimmons et al, 2009;Roskin et al, 2011a;Brooke et al, 2014;Bristow, 2015a, 2015b). Coastal stratigraphic studies have been conducted across the Mediterranean basin, in Spain (Fornós et al, 2009;Mauz et al, 2012), Sardinia Thiel et al, 2010), Tunisia (Mauz et al, 2009(Mauz et al, , 2012Elmejdoub et al, 2011), Cyprus (Tsakalos, 2016) and Egypt (El-Asmar, 1994;El-Asmar and Wood, 2000 on the correlation between dune formation and late Quaternary sea level oscillation, while less attention has been given to the coastal geomorphic response to climate, aeolian and alluvial processes. Furthermore, the studied units were usually site-specific, and not correlated with the adjacent terrestrial and submerged stratigraphies.…”

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New perspectives on coastal landscape reconstruction during the Late Quaternary: A test case from central Israel

Shtienberg

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Roskin

et al. 2017

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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The stratigraphic architecture of coastal plains is determined by the interactions between local (e.g. fluvial processes and topography), regional (e.g. climate) and global (e.g. sea level) forcing factors, primarily during the Late Quaternary Period. Detailed stratigraphic and sedimentological analyses of boreholes, cored between coastal ridges in the lowlands, coupled with optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating, and integrated with existing onshore and offshore databases, has enabled a 4-D reconstruction of the evolution of the coast of Israel during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. This model revealed that Nilotic-sourced littoral sand, intermittently transported inland by wind, has either been lithified into aeolianite or pedogenized into orange-brown palaeosol from about 100 ka to 8 ka. Dark silty clay wetlands were deposited between the aeolian coastal ridges adjacent to streams which cut the Israeli coastal plain and flow westward, from the Last Glacial Maximum until the onset of the Holocene. These units are topped by beach and aeolian quartz sand dated to 6.6-0.1 ka. Diachronous thicknesses and lithological dissimilarities were identified between the sections studied and previous reports on adjacent coastal aeolianite ridges. Streams were found to be a dominant control on the stratigraphical composition and related facies architecture due to fluvial-induced erosion. Consequently, the relief variations between the lowland and cliff controlled aeolian pedogenesis as well as alluvial processes from about 80 to 5 ka. Climate, mainly influenced by precipitation and dust input, induced pedogenic processes; while sea level lowstand during the Last Glacial Maximum is shown to have hindered sediment deposition in the shallow offshore, which in turn affected aeolian transport, reducing sediment accumulation on the palaeo-coastal plain. The palaeoenvironmental model presented in the current study serves as an example for understanding the evolution of similar low-latitude siliciclastic-rich low-gradient shelf-coastal areas during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Furthermore, it demonstrates the influence of local to global forcing factors on these environments.

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“…The subsequent glacial maxima (Wisconsin) yielded lower sea-levels exposing bank sediment, and when coupled with persistent winds, arguably may have favored eolianite deposition with fringing reef development prograding in response to the regression. Deposition of carbonate eolianite during Pleistocene intermediate to low sea-level stands has been described in similar tropical to sub-tropical settings (Fornós et al, 2009). However, current depositional models for San Salvador and the Bahamas, in general, describe mechanisms yielding both transgressive and regressive eolianites (Mylroie and Carew, 2008).…”

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Geomorphic zoning and eogenetic karst on limestones within the supratidal environment: San Salvador, Bahamas

Horwitz

Roberts²

2010

Studia UBB, Geologia

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ABSTRACT. An examination of eogenetic karst along supratidal coastal and tidally-influenced inland-lake shoreline sites was conducted on San Salvador Island, Bahamas in order to gain insight into the karst forming processes active along the land-marine interface. Based on proximity to marine aerosols and the spatial distribution patterns of surficial karst morphologies and biotic populations, four shore-parallel geomorphic zones are identified. Spatial affinities suggest haloclastic, bioerosional, and to a lesser degree, mixing dissolution/corrosion processes dominate the seaward-most region of the coastal platform, the region regularly wetted by sea spray and most deeply dissected. Further landward, where the platform remains largely free of marine aerosol, surficial karst development is more subdued and appears to be dominated by meteoric dissolution processes. The observed meso-and microkarst morphologies and associated geomorphic zoning patterns are the combined products of biological, chemical, and physical processes unique to the supratidal zone, and are largely controlled by position relative to the landmarine interface and sea level.

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Late Pleistocene carbonate aeolianites on Mallorca, Western Mediterranean: a luminescence chronology

Cited by 61 publications

References 52 publications

Micromorphological approach to polycyclic pedogenesis on the Messak Settafet plateau (central Sahara): Formative processes and palaeoenvironmental significance

Micromorphological approach to polycyclic pedogenesis on the Messak Settafet plateau (central Sahara): Formative processes and palaeoenvironmental significance

New perspectives on coastal landscape reconstruction during the Late Quaternary: A test case from central Israel

Geomorphic zoning and eogenetic karst on limestones within the supratidal environment: San Salvador, Bahamas

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