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SUBMITTER: Rothacker L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5762867 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rothacker Leo L Dosseto Anthony A Francke Alexander A Chivas Allan R AR Vigier Nathalie N Kotarba-Morley Anna M AM Menozzi Davide D
Scientific reports 20180110 1
Soils are key to ecosystems and human societies, and their critical importance requires a better understanding of how they evolve through time. However, identifying the role of natural climate change versus human activity (e.g. agriculture) on soil evolution is difficult. Here we show that for most of the past 12,300 years soil erosion and development were impacted differently by natural climate variability, as recorded by sediments deposited in Lake Dojran (Macedonia/Greece): short-lived ( < 1, ...[more]