Le Carpinion dans le massif de l'Estérel (Sud-Est de la France)

Barbéro, Marcel; Loisel, Roger

doi:10.1002/fedr.4910810611

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“…Massif (Barbero and Loisel 1970). An extra-regional source is also unlikely in that these trees spread westwards to the Alps and the Massif Central in the late Holocene.…”

Section: Sample Preparation and Pollen Analysismentioning

confidence: 96%

Towards the reconstruction of the Holocene vegetation history of Lower Provence: two new pollen profiles from Marais des Baux

Andrieu‐Ponel

Ponel

Jull

et al. 2000

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Abstract. Two new 14C-dated Holocene pollen profiles from Marais des Baux, Bouches-du-Rh6ne, France, are presented. The record begins in the Younger Dryas, when the vegetation consisted mainly of grasses and mugwort (Artemisia). The Preboreal was marked by a transitory expansion of pine forests and was followed by the establishment of a rich deciduous oak-forest that included hazel (Corylus) and elm (Ulmus). During the Boreal, hazel played a dominant role within the oak-forest. The oak forests, which included Quercus ilex, achieved a major expansion during the Atlantic period. The Subboreal was characterised by the regional establishment of, firstly, fir (Abies) and then beech (Fagus). The spread and expansion of beech coincides with the first clear evidence for farming. Agricultural activities brought about the decline of deciduous oak-forest. During the Subatlantic, forests in the vicinity of Marais des Baux were cleared for farming. Cereal growing, which included rye cultivation, was of considerable importance. Three noteworthy characteristics that serve to differentiate the Holocene vegetation history of the low-lying Provence region from other French regions are as follows: 1) the early establishment (from the onset of Preboreal) of low altitude mixed forest; 2) the expansion during the Subboreal of fir and beech in low altitude areas with a Mediterranean climate and, 3) the exceptional taxonomic richness of the pollen assemblages (t20 identified taxa) and the presence of borealalpine and Euro-Siberian taxa that no longer exist in Lower Provence.

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“…Massif (Barbero and Loisel 1970). An extra-regional source is also unlikely in that these trees spread westwards to the Alps and the Massif Central in the late Holocene.…”

Section: Sample Preparation and Pollen Analysismentioning

confidence: 96%

Towards the reconstruction of the Holocene vegetation history of Lower Provence: two new pollen profiles from Marais des Baux

Andrieu‐Ponel

Ponel

Jull

et al. 2000

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“…The pollen percentages for taxa are based on the main pollen sum excluding spores, indeterminable and unknowns. Pinus, nowadays integrated in a lot of vegetation structures in the western Mediterranean area [4,48,53,58], was not excluded despite its overrepresentation in littoral deposits. Pinus releases indeed large amounts of pollen in the air, leading to relatively high numbers in the spectra compared to other taxa.…”

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“…This forest structure is quite similar to the present one located in supra-Mediterranean vegetation belt [50,60,58] and constitutes a caducifoliate forest. Nowadays, only C. betulus is located outside the Mediterranean area except for the Esterel and Tanneron massifs, southern France, where this species are found in ripisylve or integrated in mesophilous forest [4,48]. During the Middle Palaeolithic, the expansion of C. betulus in Ligurian area may be the result of an increase of soil humidity.…”

Section: Hygrophilous and Mesophilous Treesmentioning

confidence: 99%