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Reconstructing 15 000 years of southern France temperatures from coupled pollen and molecular (branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether) markers (Canroute, Massif Central)
Léa d'Oliveira
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ISEM UMR 5554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
Lucas Dugerdil
ISEM UMR 5554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
LGL-TPE UMR 5276, CNRS, ENS de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69364 Lyon, France
Guillemette Ménot
LGL-TPE UMR 5276, CNRS, ENS de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69364 Lyon, France
Allowen Evin
ISEM UMR 5554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
Serge D. Muller
ISEM UMR 5554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
Salomé Ansanay-Alex
LGL-TPE UMR 5276, CNRS, ENS de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69364 Lyon, France
Julien Azuara
Chrono-environnement UMR 6565, CNRS, Université de Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France
Colline Bonnet
ISEM UMR 5554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
Laurent Bremond
ISEM UMR 5554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
Mehmet Shah
ASM UMR 5140, Université de Montpellier 3, 34199 Montpellier, France
Odile Peyron
ISEM UMR 5554, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
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In southern Europe, Holocene climate variability is characterized by a strong heterogeneity whose patterns are still poorly understood. Here, a multi-proxy approach (pollen and biomarkers) is applied to the Canroute sequence to reconstruct the climatic variation over the last 15 000 years in southern Massif Central, France. Results reveal that reconstructions of regional climate trends notably differ depending on proxies and sites, notably concerning the presence of a Holocene thermal maximum.
In southern Europe, Holocene climate variability is characterized by a strong heterogeneity...
