The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic
Pierre Antoine
(1)
,
Sylvie Coutard
(2, 1)
,
Jean-Jacques Bahain
(3, 4)
,
Jean‑luc Locht
(2, 1)
,
David Hérisson
(5, 6, 7)
,
Emilie Goval
(8, 4)
1
LGP -
Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels
2 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
3 MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
4 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
5 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
7 AnTET - Anthropologie des techniques, des espaces et des territoires au Pliocène et au Pléistocène
8 MC - Ministère de la Culture
2 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
3 MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
4 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
5 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
7 AnTET - Anthropologie des techniques, des espaces et des territoires au Pliocène et au Pléistocène
8 MC - Ministère de la Culture
Pierre Antoine
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Sylvie Coutard
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Jean-Jacques Bahain
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Jean‑luc Locht
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David Hérisson
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Emilie Goval
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Résumé
This study presents an overview of Middle Pleistocene loess–palaeosol sequences (LPS) in northern France and discusses the palaeoclimatic significance of the pedosedimentary record in the context of western European LPS and of global climatic cycles for the last 750 ka. In this area, the oldest loess deposits (early Middle Pleistocene) are preserved in sedimentary traps (leeward scarps of fluvial terraces and dissolution sinkholes). They result from local deflation processes reworking Pleistocene sandy fluvial deposits or relicts of Tertiary sands. A large extension of typical calcareous loess over the landscape, the Loess Revolution, is then observed during MIS 6, with heavy mineral assemblages testifying to long‐distance transport from the polar desert area of the dried eastern Channel. A correlation scheme is proposed between the global records of northern France in continental environments and both global palaeoclimatic records and other main western European LPS. After 30 years of research, northern France LPS stand as a fundamental archive of the impact of interglacial–glacial climatic cycles as well as millennial events. Finally, these works provide a robust chronoclimatic framework for the study of the western European Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic and for the relative dating of the various fluvial terraces that they fossilise.
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Archéologie et PréhistoireFormat du dépôt | Fichier |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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The last 750 ka in loess–palaeosol sequences from northern France: environmental background and dating of the western European Palaeolithic
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Résumé |
en
This study presents an overview of Middle Pleistocene loess–palaeosol sequences (LPS) in northern France and discusses the palaeoclimatic significance of the pedosedimentary record in the context of western European LPS and of global climatic cycles for the last 750 ka. In this area, the oldest loess deposits (early Middle Pleistocene) are preserved in sedimentary traps (leeward scarps of fluvial terraces and dissolution sinkholes). They result from local deflation processes reworking Pleistocene sandy fluvial deposits or relicts of Tertiary sands. A large extension of typical calcareous loess over the landscape, the Loess Revolution, is then observed during MIS 6, with heavy mineral assemblages testifying to long‐distance transport from the polar desert area of the dried eastern Channel. A correlation scheme is proposed between the global records of northern France in continental environments and both global palaeoclimatic records and other main western European LPS. After 30 years of research, northern France LPS stand as a fundamental archive of the impact of interglacial–glacial climatic cycles as well as millennial events. Finally, these works provide a robust chronoclimatic framework for the study of the western European Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic and for the relative dating of the various fluvial terraces that they fossilise.
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Auteur(s) |
Pierre Antoine
1
, Sylvie Coutard
2, 1
, Jean-Jacques Bahain
3, 4
, Jean‑luc Locht
2, 1
, David Hérisson
5, 6, 7
, Emilie Goval
8, 4
1
LGP -
Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels
( 1343 )
- 2 rue Henri Dunant
94320 Thiais
- France
2
Inrap -
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
( 301475 )
- 121 rue d'Alésia
75014 Paris
- France
3
MNHN -
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
( 7512 )
- 57, rue Cuvier - 75231 Paris Cedex 05
- France
4
HNHP -
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
( 121947 )
- Institut de Paléontologie Humaine - 1, rue René Panhard - 75013 Paris
- France
5
CNRS -
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
( 441569 )
- France
6
ArScAn -
Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
( 1003 )
- MSH Mondes (bâtiment René-Ginouvès). 21, allée de l’Université 92023 NANTERRE Cedex
- France
7
AnTET -
Anthropologie des techniques, des espaces et des territoires au Pliocène et au Pléistocène
( 461550 )
- Maison René Ginouvès UMR 7041 21 allée de l'université F 92023 NANTERRE cedex
- France
8
MC -
Ministère de la Culture
( 542949 )
- 182 rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Pariis
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2021-03-09
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Titre de la collection |
Special Issue: Pleistocene geoarchaeology and palaeoenvironments in European loess November 2021
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Volume |
36
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Numéro |
8
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Page/Identifiant |
1293-1310
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URL éditeur |
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3281
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
en
loess, Palaeolithic, palaeosols, Pleistocene, western Europe
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DOI | 10.1002/jqs.3281 |
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