Early-Holocene vegetation of northern Iceland: pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula

Pollen and plant macrofossil records from two lakes on northernmost Skagi peninsula, northern Iceland, reflect a progressive closing of the vegetation cover during the early Holocene. This development was connected with the succession from an initial herb-tundra phase characterized by Oxyria digyna,...

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Published in:The Holocene
Main Author: Rundgren, Mats
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1998
Subjects:
Betula nana
Empetrum nigrum
Iceland
North Atlantic
Tundra
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968398669995117
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1191/095968398669995117

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