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A pollen profile from Marais du Sagnas at the northern edge of the Etang de Berre lagoon, west of Marseille, is compared and correlated with a profile (C10) from the southern margin of the lagoon. This new profile extends the pollen record for the area to recent times. The palaeoecological data now available indicate distinct phases of marine influence in the lagoon from about 900 A.D. (non-calibrated) to the 16/17 century. These correspond to historically known drier periods during which it appears that reduced freshwater input facilitated increased influx of saline water.
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Laval, H., Médus, J. Palynological evidence for drier phases during the historical period recorded in the Etang de Berre lagoon, south-eastern France. Veget Hist Archaebot 3, 245–251 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195200
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