A multidisciplinary overview of the lower Miño River terrace system (NW Iberian Peninsula)

摘要: Abstract The Mino River basin represents one of the main fluvial catchments draining Atlantic side Iberian Peninsula. extensive sedimentary deposits this have been documented since 19th century, but limited research has undertaken on these features historically, and Quaternary record remained understudied until recently. Research carried out over last decade Spanish margin enabled more detailed classification mapping landforms, as well numerical (luminescence, electron spin resonance, cosmogenic) dating some associated with Palaeolithic archaeological sites. Here we synthesise existing for basin, present new geospatial chronological analyses lower catchment area. Our latest examination identification nine terrace levels other regionally significant (e.g., alluvial fans) formed in response to tectonics, eustatic changes global climate changes. data calculated incision rates indicate that various terraces were during Early Late Pleistocene. Numerous sites found association middle (between +40 and + 13 m above present-day river level). Primarily, preserve assemblages feature large flake Acheulean (LFA) tools, though a number Middle also documented. Direct sites, together morphostratigraphic correlations across system, suggest extensively occupied by human populations 300 thousand years.