International audienceLake La Thuile, in the Northern French Prealps (874 m a.s.l.), provides an 18 m long sedimentary sequence spanning the entireLateglacial/Holocene period. The high resolution multi-proxy (sedimentological, palynological, geochemical) analysis of theuppermost 6.2 meters reveals the Holocene dynamics of erosion in the catchment in response to landscape modifications. Themountain belt led us to take an interest in this altitude, which is favorable to human activities and is sufficiently disconnectedfrom large valleys to capture a specific sedimentary signal. From 12 to 4.5 ka cal. BP, the onset of hardwood species triggereda drop in erosion following the Late glacial/Holocene transition. The forest became denser and favore...