SEDIMENTARY RECORDS OF CLIMATE CHANGES IN MACROTIDAL TIDE-DOMINATED ESTUARIES

During the last few years, many studies dealing with the Holocene evolution of tide-dominated estuaries and embayments, pointed out the major role of rapid climate changes on the morphodynamics behaviour of such coastal systems (Chaumillon et al., 2010). Examples include the Holocene sedimentary infill of incised valleys along the Atlantic and English Channel coasts of France (Billeaud et al., 2009; Sorrel et al., 2009, Sorrel et al., 2010; Tessier et al., 2011).