Reconstruction of extreme climatic events (floods and storms) during the Holocene in the Gulf of Aigues-Mortes (southern France)

• Main Author: Sabatier, Pierre
• Other Authors: Géosciences Montpellier, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier 2, Laurent Dezileau, Michel Condomines
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: radiocarbon; paleostrom; lagoon; Mediterranean climate; paléotempêtes; lagune; Climat Méditerranéen; radiocarbone; Holocène; [SDU.STU.MI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Mineralogy; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Tempêtes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-00437757; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00437757/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00437757/file/Sabatier_these.pdf

The effects of climate change on extreme events are difficult to assess because extremes present large variability and consequently, it is difficult to identify significant trends in relation to the lack of instrumental long time series. Here we present a record of these extreme storm events in the...