Reconstruction and palaeoclimatic interpretation of mid-Holocene vegetation and lake-level changes at Saint-Jorioz, Lake Annecy, French Pre-Alps

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Magny, M, Bégeot, C, Guiot, Joel, Marguet, A, Billaud, Y
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC), Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2003
• Subjects: [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Jura; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01457708; https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683603hl612rp

International audience Pollen and sediment analyses were used to reconstruct vegetation and lake-level changes over the mid-Holocene period at Saint-Jorioz, Lake Annecy (northern French Pre-Alps). Episodes of forest clearings point to Neolithic cultural activities in the northern French Pre-Alps fro...