Late MIS 3 interstadial vegetation in coversands at Saint‑Vincent‑de‑Paul, Southwest France

• Published in: Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Aoustin, David, *, Pascal Bertran, Leroyer, Chantal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Association française pour l’étude du quaternaire 1481
• Subjects: Tourbe de la fin du SIM 3; Landes; sud-ouest de la France; pollen; xylologie; Late MIS 3 peat; southwest France; xylology; archeo; geo; Greenland; Saint-Vincent; The Gully; Greenland ice core; ice core
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/quaternaire/17053

An archaeological survey carried out at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, about 11 km northeast of Dax (Landes, southwest France) made it possible to investigate a new sequence of aeolian sands overlying a Middle Pleistocene alluvial terrace of the Adour River. A peat level with wood fragments was found betwee...