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Mid- to late-Holocene environmental evolution of the Loire estuary as observed from sedimentary characteristics and benthic foraminiferal assemblages

1. Introduction
2. Study area
2.1. Hydrology and geology
2.2. The Holocene sedimentary infilling
3. Material and methods
3.1. Historical maps
3.2. Core sampling
3.3. Radiocarbon dating and sedimentological analyses
3.4. Foraminiferal analyses
4. Results and interpretations
4.1. Historical context
4.2. Sedimentological characteristics
5. Discussion
5.1. Limitations of the study
5.2. Reconstruction of the inner Loire estuarine environment from mid-to late-Holocene
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
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