Human-Induced Changes in the Environment and Landscape of the Maltese Islands from the Neolithic to the 15th Century AD: as inferred from a scientific study of sediments from Marsa, Malta

A First Description of the Phenolic Profile of EVOOs from the Maltese Islands Using SPE and HPLC: Pedo-Climatic Conditions Modulate Genetic Factors

“…Europaea) cultivation. Historical records and cultural references abound, with olive pollen having been reported in samples from the Neolithic and Phoenician periods [2], a Bronze Age pit [3] as well as from a detailed study of a core from the Burmarrad region [4]. Remnants of olive cultivation may be evidenced by the remains of 'rustic villas' where processing of olives occurred during the Roman occupation [5], while today towns and valleys still bear place-names associated with olives and cultivation, e.g., Zejtun, Zebbug and Wied Ghajn Zejtuna.…”

Molluscan and sedimentological sequences of the late Quaternary deposits of Morsott region (NE Algeria) and their paleoenvironmental implication

“…The establishment of flood-related deposits remains uncertain. According to Faust et al (2004), Fenech (2007), Giessner, (1990), Sancho et al (2008) and White et al (1996), arid to semi-arid watersheds show decreased flooding with the formation of soils under more humid conditions. The thenviable dense vegetation reduces the surface runoff, whereas drier conditions undermine vegetation, which leads to alluvial activity and increased flooding (Rohdenburg, 1989).…”

Late Pleistocene–Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Añamaza River valley (Iberian Range, NE Spain): Multidisciplinary approach on the study of carbonate fluvial systems

“…Anoxic conditions were frequent, especially during U1 to U4 deposition, favouring organic matter conservation, including pollen that is a primary source of information about palaeoenvironmental changes in the valley. U1 represents the onset of the Holocene and the high terrigenous content suggests scarcely vegetated areas related to arid conditions, with the gravels in the lower part probably representing the Younger Dryas; this cold stage has been also recognised in nearby zones 2007;Oliva-Urcía et al, 2012 where it is represented by an increase on coarse detrital supplies. Mineralogical data fit with sedimentological features with a high quartz mean for unit U1.…”

“…As wetter and warmer conditions favour the development of tufas (Ford and Pedley, 1996;Sancho et al, 1997;Martín Algarra et al, 2003;Pérez-Obiol et al, 2011;Pla-Pueyo et al, 2015;, the widespread growth of these facies is considered to have been related to the climate amelioration during the first part of the Holocene (Peñalba et al, 1997;Giralt et al, 1999;Gil García et al, 2002;Luzón et al, 2007;Bastida et al, 2013). Such climate conditions would favoured more vegetated slopes, installation of riparian vegetation in the floodplains, slow water flow and a decrease in coarse terrigenous supplies from the source areas, as recognised under warm and more humid conditions in other zones (Faust et al, 2004;Fenech, 2007;Giessner, 1990;Sancho et al, 2008;White et al, 1996;Rohdenburg, 1989;Vásquez-Méndez et al, 2010).…”