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  • ESR chronology of alluvial deposits in the Arlanzon valley (Atapuerca, Spain): Contemporaneity with Atapuerca Gran Dolina site

    Author(s)
    Moreno, Davinia
    Falgueres, Christophe
    Perez-Gonzalez, Alfredo
    Duval, Mathieu
    Voinchet, Pierre
    Benito-Calvo, Alfonso
    Isabel Ortega, Ana
    Bahain, Jean-Jacques
    Sala, Robert
    Carbonell, Eudald
    Maria Bermudez de Castro, Jose
    Luis Arsuaga, Juan
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Duval, Mathieu
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    The Sierra de Atapuerca (Northern Spain) is characterized by a well-developed karst system where several major archaeological sites have been discovered, attesting an almost continuous hominin occupation of the area during the whole Pleistocene period. Previous geomorphological studies showed a connection between genesis of the karst system and the evolution of the nearby Arlanzón river Valley. However, numerical dating results were missing to refine the chronostratigraphical framework of the Arlanzón valley's fluvial incision. To address this, we applied the Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating method to sedimentary optically ...
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    The Sierra de Atapuerca (Northern Spain) is characterized by a well-developed karst system where several major archaeological sites have been discovered, attesting an almost continuous hominin occupation of the area during the whole Pleistocene period. Previous geomorphological studies showed a connection between genesis of the karst system and the evolution of the nearby Arlanzón river Valley. However, numerical dating results were missing to refine the chronostratigraphical framework of the Arlanzón valley's fluvial incision. To address this, we applied the Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating method to sedimentary optically bleached quartz grains from several fluvial terraces. Nine samples were collected from five of the 14 identified terraces. The ESR age results are stratigraphically coherent and in general agreement with both previous geomorphological observations and available palaeomagnetic data. Consequently, an ESR chronology of the geological evolution of the Arlanzón valley is proposed, which can be then correlated to the sedimentary sequence of the palaeoanthropological site of Atapuerca Gran Dolina. Our results provide important information about the chronology of hominid occupation in this area during Early and Middle Pleistocene.
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    Journal Title
    Quaternary Geochronology
    Volume
    10
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2012.04.018
    Subject
    Geochronology
    Geochemistry
    Geology
    Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/340135
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