Late Glacial and Holocene vegetation changes in the Wigry National Park, NE Poland - new pollen data from three small dystrophic lakes
Journal Title: Studia Quaternaria - Year 2014, Vol 31, Issue 1
Abstract
The main phases of the Late Glacial and Holocene development of vegetation in the Wigry National Park were reconstructed based on the pollen analysis of sediments from three small dystrophic lakes (Lake Suchar Wielki, Lake Suchar II and Lake Ślepe). At the current stage of research, the age of the studied deposits was determined by AMS radiocarbon dating of few samples only. This meant that the chronology of the investigated profiles had to be estimated also indirectly using their palynological correlation with a radiometrically well-dated profile from Lake Wigry. The obtained pollen data confirmed the picture of the postglacial vegetation changes of the Wigry National Park, which was based on earlier studies of Lake Wigry. Furthermore, it documented the existence, mainly in the Preboreal and Atlantic chronozones, of temporary changes in vegetation, which might be a reaction to a short-lived cold fluctuations of climate.
Authors and Affiliations
Magdalena Fiłoc, Mirosława Kupryjanowicz, Danuta Drzymulska
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- DOI 10.2478/squa-2014-0001
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