Relative sea-level changes and coastal evolution at Forum Julii (Fréjus, Provence)

Benoît Devillers; Pierre Excoffon; Christophe Morhange; Stéphane Bonnet; Frédérique Bertoncello

doi:10.1016/j.crte.2007.03.004

Relative sea-level changes and coastal evolution at Forum Julii (Fréjus, Provence)

Benoît Devillers, Pierre Excoffon, Christophe Morhange, Stéphane Bonnet, Frédérique Bertoncello

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The aim of this paper is to discuss Roman coastal landscapes and sea-level forcing near Forum Julii (Fréjus, France). These new data demonstrate that the shoreline was a rocky coast with a biological mean sea level at -33 cm ± 6 cm N.G.F. This shoreline was buried by a sandy beach around 50 A.D. A core drilled near the Villepey pond attests to a marine environment during this period. For the first time, these data show a strong dissymmetry of the shoreline during the Roman period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329-336
Number of pages	8
Journal	Comptes Rendus - Geoscience
Volume	339
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2007.03.004
State	Published - Apr 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coastal geomorphology
France
Holocene
Roman period
Sea-level change

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Global and Planetary Change
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Relative sea-level changes and coastal evolution at Forum Julii (Fréjus, Provence)

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