Siltation of river-influenced coastal environments: Respective impact of late Holocene land use and high-frequency climate changes

Marine Geology

Volumn 290, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 51-62

  Poirier, Clément ^a   Chaumillon, Eric ^a   Arnaud, Fabien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Deforestation; Human impact; Rainfall; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; FOREST LOSS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT; LATE HOLOCENE; MIGRATION HISTORY; MUD LAYER; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHARP INCREASE; SOIL EROSION; WINTER RAINFALL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; LAND USE; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGE CLASS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; FRESHWATER INPUT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MUD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILTATION; SOIL EROSION;

DEFORESTATION; EROSION; LAND USE; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL;

CHARENTE MARITIME; FRANCE; PERTUIS CHARENTAIS; POITOU-CHARENTES;

EID: 81355138446     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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