POLLEN DIAGRAMS FROM THE SHETLAND AND FAROE ISLANDS

SUMMARY Two pollen diagrams are presented, one from Murraster, Shetland Mainland, and one from Hoydalar, Streymoy, Faroe Islands. Both localities are former lakes, now filled up, and in both places the sedimentation started about 10,000 years ago. In the Faroese diagram herbs are dominant throughout...

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Published in:New Phytologist
Main Author: JÓHANSEN, JÓHANNES
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1975
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1975.tb01402.x
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Summary:SUMMARY Two pollen diagrams are presented, one from Murraster, Shetland Mainland, and one from Hoydalar, Streymoy, Faroe Islands. Both localities are former lakes, now filled up, and in both places the sedimentation started about 10,000 years ago. In the Faroese diagram herbs are dominant throughout, while it can be seen that Juniperus and Salix have been of considerable significance and Betula nana has had a wide distribution in early Flandrian time. In the Shetland diagram large–leaved Betula and Corylus are also present, even though herbs were also dominant.