An assessment of human versus climatic impacts on Holocene soil erosion in NE Peloponnese, Greece
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| ID | 24087614 |
|---|---|
| Autores | M Fuchs (0000-0003-2272-4483, University of Bayreuth, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2007 |
| Volumen | 67 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 349-356 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2007-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.11.008 |
| OpenAlex | W1965903777 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 42 |
| Referencias citadas | 33 |
Soil erosion is a natural geomorphological process, which can be triggered by both natural (climate, tectonics, or both) and anthropogenic (e.g., agriculture) perturbation of the ecosystem. Evidence has accrued that the Holocene climate experienced large fluctuations in amplitude and suggestions of human impact on the ecosystem provided by the Neolithic revolution dating back to the early Holocene have been made. The question of whether man or climate was the dominant factor responsible for Holocene soil erosion remains unresolved. To resolve the reasons for Holocene sediment redistribution, high-resolution chronometric data on sediments derived from colluvial and alluvial archives from southern Greece were obtained and combined with available archaeological and paleoclimatic data from the eastern Mediterranean. These data show a significant correlation between sedimentation rates and settlement history. Climatic fluctuations are only weakly correlated with sedimentation history. The results show high sedimentation rates during the Early Neolithic (7th millennium BC) in southern Greece, suggesting that Holocene soil erosion was triggered by human activity and then amplified by enhanced precipitation. This would explain the high sedimentation rates during the Early Neolithic in connection with enhanced precipitation in the eastern Mediterranean, which continued until the mid-Holocene.
Archaeology · Climate change · Erosion · Geography · Holocene · Holocene climatic optimum · Mediterranean climate · Physical geography · Precipitation · Sediment · Sedimentation · Steppe · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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