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Late Holocene record from a Loire River incised paleovalley (French inner continental shelf): Insights into regional and global forcing factors

1. Introduction
2. Study area
2.1. Geomorphology
2.2. Hydrology
3. Material and methods
3.1. Core sampling
3.2. Age model
3.3. Sedimentological analyses
3.4. Foraminiferal analyses
3.5. Spectral analyses
4. Results
4.1. Chronology and sedimentation rates
4.2. Lithology and grain size
4.3. XRF analyses, TOC and CaCO3 content
5. Interpretations and discussion
5.1. Proxy interpretation
5.2. How sedimentary and benthic foraminiferal characteristics record late Holocene paleohydrology of the Loire River after the stabilization of sea-level rise?
5.3. Is there any coherency between our marine record, regional continental proxies tracking humidity, and the known climatic periods of the late Holocene?
5.4. What are the possible factors controlling sedimentation off the Loire river mouth and humidity over its catchment area during late Holocene?
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Appendix A. Supplementary data
References