Recherche et interprétation climatique des microcycles du concrétionnement travertineux de l'aqueduc romain de Fréjus (Var, France)

• Published in: Quaternaire
• Main Author: Dubar, Michel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Association française pour l’étude du quaternaire 2009
• Subjects: aqueduc; climat; hydrologie; microcycles; Oscillation Nord-Atlantique; période antique; spéléothèmes; Antiquity; aqueduct; climate; hydrology; North Atlantic Oscillation; speleothems; Doublets; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/quaternaire/800

The drain of the ancient aqueduct of Fréjus is in part clogged by a laminated travertine concretion. The hydrology of the springs indicates that the lamination is seasonal and that the dark lamina doublet is annual. 102 doublets have been recorded. With the aim of deciphering possible climatic micro...