Continental climatic and hydrological gradients during the Holocene from the Algerian Margin to the Gulf of Lion : multi-proxy approach : palynology, sedimentology, molecular biomarkers and climate reconstructions ; Gradients climatiques continentaux et hydrologiques au cours de l'Holocène dans la marge Algérienne au Golfe du Lion : approche multi-proxies : palynologie, sédimentologie, biomarqueurs moléculaires et reconstructions climatiques

The aim of this PhD work is to understand the mechanisms and regional responses of climate variability during the last deglaciation and the Holocene in the western Mediterranean Basin. Mediterranean environments are particularly vulnerable to climate hazards and anthropogenic pressure. The aim is to discuss natural and anthropogenic forcing from marine and continental palaeoenvironmental signals covering the last 14,000 years. To this end, two sedimentary sequences (Algerian Margin and Gulf of Lion) were the subject of multiproxy studies mainly based on palynological studies (pollen, dinoflagellate cysts and non-pollen palynomorphs), associated with sedimentological studies (MSCL, XRF, XRD), isotopic studies, molecular biomarkers (alkenones and n-alkanes) as well as climatic and hydrological quantifications. The cross-analysis of these signals, acquired with an average resolution of 150 years over the Holocene and 30 years over the extreme event of the 4.2 ka BP, has allowed us to discuss ocean-atmosphere-continental surface interactions, questioning the evolution of the marine and continental biospheres during the Holocene These palaeoenvironmental studies are based on the study of dinocyst and pollen assemblages reconstructed in the modem sediments of the two study areas. In summary, this work has revealed strong regional disparities at the orbital and infra-orbital scales along west-east and north-south transects. The growing impact of human societies, linked to an increasingly marked opening of the landscape, is discussed on the Algerian margin since 5000 years BP, and in the Gulf of Lion over the last 1000 years BP, with a stronger transmission of anthropisation markers on the shelf from the establishment of modem hydrographic conditions at around 3000 years BP. ; Ce travail de doctorat a pour objectif de comprendre les mécanismes et les réponses régionales de la variabilité climatique pendant la dernière déglaciation et l’Holocène en Méditerranée occidentale. Les environnements méditerranéens sont ...