Eolianite-Paleosol-Sequences in Fuerteventura and Central Spain -Stadial-Interstadial shifts and climatic differences
Final Report Abstract
In Central Spain Loess have been deposited mainly in cold and arid phases, correlating very precisely with Heinrich-events. There is only one phase, in which Loess was accumulated during warm arid conditions. Exactly this phase matches with the time of Neanderthal extinction in Central Spain. Loess-Paleosol-sequences were dated in a high resolution with best accuracy. The mineralogical composition of the Loess points to a complex transport system with prevailing western winds and short transport. On Fuerteventura reddish silty layers are separating the dune generations. These reddish layers were always interpreted as being soils, but they are not; indeed these reddish silty layers are built up almost by dust from the African continent. Sand supply is controlled mainly by volcanic activity and sea level changes. By means of malacological analyses we could establish a robust stratigraphy over long distances. Snail assemblages show changing characteristic associations through time and can therefor be used as index fossils, a very important partial result of the project.
Publications
- (2019) Changes in Pleistocene gastropod faunas on Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) and implications on shifting palaeoenvironmental conditions. Quaternary Science Reviews 209 63–81
Richter, Christiane; Roettig, Christopher-B.; Wolf, Daniel; Groh, Klaus; Kolb, Thomas; Faust, Dominik
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.02.005) - (2015): A contribution to the understanding of late Pleistocene Dune sand-Paleosol-Sequences in Fuerteventura (Canary Islands).- Geomorphology 246, 290 – 304
Faust, D., Yanes, Y., Willkommen, T., Roettig, C., Richter, Daniel; Richter, David; v. Suchodoletz, H., Zöller, L.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.023) - (2016): Granulometrical, mineralogical and geochemical characterization of loess deposits in the Tajo Basin. Quaternary International 407(A), 14-29
Calvo, F.R., Sánchez, J., Acosta, A., Wolf, D., Faust, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.122) - (2017): Complexity of aeolian dynamics (Canary Islands). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 472, 146-162
Roettig, C-B., Kolb. T., Wolf, D., Baumgart, P., Richter, C., Schleicher, A., Zöller, L., Faust, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.01.039) - (2018). Identification of Saharan dust particles in Pleistocene dune sand-paleosol sequences of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands). Hungarian Bulletin 67 (2), 121-141
Varga, G., Roettig, C.-B.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.67.2.2) - (2018): A δ13C and δ2H leaf wax record from the Late Quaternary loess-paleosoil sequence El Paraíso, Central Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 507, 52-59
Schäfer, I., Bliedtner, M., Wolf, D., Kolb, T., Zech, J., Faust, D., Zech, R.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.06.039) - (2018): Characteristics, nature, and formation of palaeosurfaces within dunes on Fuerteventura. Quaternary Research
Roettig, C-B., Varga, G., Sauer, D., Kolb, T., Wolf, D., Makowsky, V., Recio Espejo, J. M., Zöller, L., Faust, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.52) - (2018): Climate deteriorations and Neanderthal demise in interior Iberia. Scientific Reports 8:7048 ff.
Wolf, D., Kolb, T., Alcaraz-Castaño, M., Heinrich, S., Baumgart, P., Calvo, R., Sanchéz, J., Ryborz, K., Schäfer, I., Bliedtner, M., Zech, R., Zöller, L., Faust, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25343-6) - (2018): Leaf waxes from aeolianite– paleosol sequences on Fuerteventura and their potential for paleoenvironmental and climate reconstructions in the arid subtropics. E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 66, 109–114
Struck, J., Roettig, C-B., Faust, D., Zech, R.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-66-109-2018) - (2018): Origins and genesis of loess deposits in central Spain, as indicated by heavy mineral compositions and grain-size variability. Sedimentology
Wolf, D., Ryborz, K., Kolb, T., Calvo, R., Sanchéz, J., R., Zöller, L., Faust, D.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12539)
