(Article of periodic en Anglais - 1997)

Document title

Palynological evidence for climatic change and human activity during the Holocene on Minorca (Balearic Islands)

Authors(s) and Affiliation(s)

YLL E.I. ; PEREZ-OBIOL R. ; PANTALEON-CANO J. ; ROURE J.M. ;

Abstract

Four pollen diagrams from Minorca (Balearic Islands) have been correlated with other previously studied sequences from Majorca and Minorca to define a Holocene landscape sequence for the region from 8000 yr B.P. to the present. The lower part of the pollen diagrams reflects a climatic phase with more rain and less-marked seasonality than today. In the middle part, a strong change is recorded in composition and structure of the vegetational landscape, with vegetation appearing that was adapted to Mediterranean conditions. It seems clear that the changes have been brought about by human activities, and in part, by increasing dryness