Environmental changes, climate and anthropogenic impact in southern-eastern Tunisia during the last 8 kyr

. Pollen and clay mineralogical analyses of a Holocene sequence from Sebkha Boujmel (southern Tunisia) traces the climatic and environmental dynamics in the lower arid bioclimatic zone over the last 8000 years. During the Mid-to Late Holocene transition, between ca. 8 and 3 ka, a succession of five wet/dry oscillations is recorded. An intense arid event 20 occurs between ca. 5.7 and 4.6 ka.

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