Mangroves of Oman during the late Holocene; climatic implications and impact on human settlements |
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Authors: | Anne-Marie Lézine Jean-François Saliège Robert Mathieu Thibaut-Louis Tagliatela Sophie Mery Vincent Charpentier Serge Cleuziou |
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Affiliation: | FRE 2400-CNRS, Jussieu, Bo?te 106, F-75252 Paris cedex 5, France, e-mail: lezine@ccr.jussieu.fr, FR LODYC, Jussieu, Bo?te 100, F-75252 Paris cedex 5, France, FR Département de Géologie Sédimentaire, Université Paris VI, Jussieu, Bo?te 117, F-75252 Paris cedex 5, France, FR UMR 7041-CNRS, Maison René Ginouvès, 21 rue de l'Université, F-92023 Nanterre cedex, France, FR
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Abstract: | Pollen and micropalaeontological analyses carried out on mangrove swamp sediments of Suwayh, Oman (22°05.589'N, 50°40.033'E) reveal environmental changes linked both to climate (monsoon) and geomorphological (sea-level) variations during the Late Holocene. A Rhizophora mangrove developed at Suwayh around 6000 years B. P. under climate conditions marked by an increased tropical influence as compared to the modern situation, with dominant summer rains. The later extension of Prosopis cineraria at Suwayh provides evidence for a different rainfall pattern, with a winter rainy season. Pollen and micropalaeontological composition shows three episodes influenced by the sea water at Suwayh. The most important corresponded to the mangrove episode centred ca 6000 B. P. This was followed by two episodes of slight seawater incursion at ca. 5100 and 4500 B. P. responsible for the formation of a brackish laagon. Comparison based on 14C measurements on shell recovered from both the sedimentary sequence of Suwayh and the nearby archaeological sites demonstrates that close relations existed between man and mangroves during the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Received October 31, 2001 / Accepted January 24, 2002 Correspondence to: Anne-Marie Lézine |
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Keywords: | : Mangrove – Pollen – Foraminifera – Palaeoclimate – Palaeoenvironment – Human settlements – Oman – Holocene |
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