Holocene climatic variability and historical anthropogenic impacts in the subarctic region : a multiproxy study of the sedimentary sequence of Lake Igaliku (Greenland)

• Main Author: Massa, Charly
• Other Authors: Besançon, Richard, Hervé, Bichet, Vincent
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Groenland; Sédiments lacustres; Viking; Holocène; Climat; Agriculture; Greenland; Lake sediment; Climate; Norse; geo; envir; Igaliku; Subarctic; subarctique*
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2012BESA1008/document

The medieval Norse colonization of Greenland (986-1450 AD) and the subsequent reestablishment of agriculture in south Greenland, aided by recent climate warming, constitute a conceptual model that is particularly well adapted to understanding the relations between a community and its environment. In...