Mire initiation, climatic change and agricultural expansion over the course of the Late-Holocene in the Massif Central mountain range (France): Causal links and implications for mire conservation

Quaternary International

Volumn 251, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-96

  Cubizolle, Hervé ^a   Fassion, Franck ^b   Argant, Jacqueline ^c   Latour Argant, C ^d   Galet, Philippe ^a   Oberlin, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Institut Dolomieu   (France)

^d Archeodunum   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOLOCENE; MIRE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL;

EID: 84856360285     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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