Pannell, C.L., Gray, A., Zalasiewicz, J.A., Branney, M.J. and Curry, G.B. (2011) Pleistocene forest on Tenerife's southern coast: a case study of Montaña Negra. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26(5), pp. 485-490. (doi: 10.1002/jqs.1472)
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Abstract
Montaña Negra is a 121 m cinder cone in the Bandas del Sur region of southern Tenerife. Formed in the Middle Pleistocene, it comprises alternating phonolitic pumice deposits and scoria layers; the latter are extremely fossiliferous with good taphonomical fidelity. <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar age determination provides new dates of 302 ± 7.6 ka and 299.9 ± 11.4 ka for the Lower and Upper Aldea Blanca pumice fall deposits, respectively. This chronological constraint allows comparison of the palaeo-habitat with the global climate at the time of pyroclastic activity. Abundant terrestrial gastropod species and rare disarticulated Coleoptera fragments are to be found. The occurrence of the endemic semi-slug genus Plutonia (Family Vitrinidae) is significant in indicating a woodland habitat in the region during the Middle Pleistocene. We suggest that this may have been forest, possibly dominated by laurel, which is in stark contrast to the present-day semi-desert.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Curry, Professor Gordon |
| Authors: | Pannell, C.L., Gray, A., Zalasiewicz, J.A., Branney, M.J., and Curry, G.B. |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QE Geology |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences > Geography |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Quaternary Science |
| ISSN: | 0267-8179 |
| Published Online: | 27 May 2011 |
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