Paleoclimate reconstruction of the last 36 kyr based on branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in the Padul palaeolake record (Sierra Nevada, southern Iberian Peninsula)

M. Rodrigo-Gámiz, A. García-Alix, G. Jiménez-Moreno, M.J. Ramos-Román, J. Camuera, J.L. Toney, D. Sachse, R. Scott Anderson, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

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Abstract

Quantitative continental climate reconstructions covering the last glacial cycle from the Iberian Peninsula are scarce. In order to fill this gap, we obtained for the first time a high-resolution mean annual air temperature (MAAT) record based on the distribution of specific bacterial membrane lipids (i.e., branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers; brGDGTs) from the last 36.0–4.7 kyr palaeolake record recovered by the Padul-15-05 sedimentary core (Padul, Sierra Nevada, southern Iberia). The fractional abundance of the three major groups of GDGTs present in the Padul sediments, GDGT-0, crenarchaeol and the summed brGDGTs, is comparable with that of other shallow and small (
Original languageEnglish
Article number107434
Pages (from-to)1-13
JournalQuaternary Science Reviews
Volume281
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2022

Keywords

  • GDGTs distribution
  • Mean annual air temperature reconstruction
  • pH reconstruction
  • Continental sediment record
  • Southern Spain
  • Heinrich stadials
  • Dansgaard–Oeschger events

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