HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL RISE AND SEDIMENTATION ON THE EASTERN RHONE DELTA,PROVENCE, FRANCE

The analysis of stratigraphic data along with various rise since 6,500 B.P. This curve is compared with other recent rise interrupted by a p eriod of slower sea level rise, followed existence of archaeological s ites below the present sea-level in other palaeobathymetric indicators allows us to construct a curve of relative sea level results from the French Mediterranean. This work indicates two periods of sea level by a final period of sea level rise which rook place at an enhanced rate . Also, the the Marseilles area indicates that the eastern part of the delta is subsiding.