Woody vegetation, fuel and fire track the melting of the Scandinavian ice-sheet before 9500 cal yr BP

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Carcaillet, Christopher, Hörnberg, Greger, Zackrisson, Olle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
• Subjects: Malus; Ice Sheet; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2012.08.001; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589412000920?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589412000920?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400008917

Abstract New studies indicate the presence of early Holocene ice-free areas far north in Scandinavia. Post-glacial fire and vegetation were investigated based on sedimentary charcoal and pollen from two small lakes in northern Sweden. Accumulation of organic sediment started around 10,900 and 9200 c...