Mammoths inside the Alps during the last glacial period: Radiocarbon constraints from Austria and palaeoenvironmental implications

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Spoetl, Christoph¹  Reimer, Paula J.²  Goehlich, Ursula B.³ 

[1] Univ Innsbruck, Inst Geol, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

[2] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Nat & Built Environm, Ctr Climate Environm & Chronol 14CHRONO, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland

[3] Nat Hist Museum Vienna, Geol Palaeontol Dept, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

关键词: Mammoth;    Radiocarbon dating;    Austrian Alps;    Palaeoclimate;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.04.020

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This study examines remains of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) found inside the Austrian Alps, an area occupied by an extensive ice-stream network during the Last Glacial Maximum. The data demonstrate that these cold steppe-adapted animals locally migrated several tens of kilometers into alpine valleys. Radiocarbon analyses constrain the age of these fossils to the first half of Marine Isotope Stage 3, documenting ice-free conditions in major valleys at that time. We also provide a list of all traceable Austrian sites of Mammuthus primigenius, totaling about 230 localities, compiled through 15 museums and collections in Austria. The vast majority of these findings are from the corridors of the Danube and Mur rivers and their tributaries and the adjacent loess-covered foreland of the Alps, areas that were never ice-covered during Pleistocene glaciations. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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