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Articles | Volume 11, issue 12
Articles | Volume 11, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1769-2015
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Articles | Volume 11, issue 12
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21 Dec 2015
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2015

Late Holocene vegetation changes in relation with climate fluctuations and human activity in Languedoc (southern France)

J. Azuara, N. Combourieu-Nebout, V. Lebreton, F. Mazier, S. D. Müller, and L. Dezileau

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High-resolution pollen analyses undertaken on two cores from southern France allow us to separate anthropogenic effects from climatic impacts on environments over the last 4500 years. A long-term aridification trend is highlighted during the late Holocene, and three superimposed arid events are recorded around 4400, 2600 and 1200cal BP coinciding in time with Bond events. Human influence on vegetation is attested since the Bronze Age and became dominant at the beginning of the High Middle Ages.
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