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Diatom-oxygen isotope record from high-altitude Lake Petit (2200 m a.s.l.) in the Mediterranean Alps: shedding light on a climatic pulse at 4.2 ka
Rosine Cartier
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRA, CEREGE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Avignon University, IMBE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Lund University, Department of Geology, Lund, Sweden
Florence Sylvestre
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRA, CEREGE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Christine Paillès
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRA, CEREGE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Corinne Sonzogni
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRA, CEREGE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Martine Couapel
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRA, CEREGE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Anne Alexandre
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRA, CEREGE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Jean-Charles Mazur
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRA, CEREGE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Elodie Brisset
IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Spain
Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Cécile Miramont
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Avignon University, IMBE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Frédéric Guiter
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Avignon University, IMBE, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
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Short summary
A major environmental change, 4200 years ago, was recorded in the lacustrine sediments of Lake Petit (Mediterranean Alps). The regime shift was described by a modification in erosion processes in the watershed and aquatic species in the lake. This study, based on the analysis of the lake water balance by using oxygen isotopes in diatoms, revealed that these environmental responses were due to a rapid change in precipitation regime, lasting ca. 500 years.
A major environmental change, 4200 years ago, was recorded in the lacustrine sediments of Lake...
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