Pollen analysis and rates of pollen incorporation into a radiocarbon‐dated palaeopodzolic soil at Haugabreen, southern Norway
Pollen analysis of the organic surface (FH) horizon of a radiocarbon‐dated palaeopodzol buried beneath the ‘Little Ice Age’ outer moraine of Haugabreen west of the Jostedalsbrecn ice‐cap, southern Norway, provided evidence for environmental change in the area between ca. 4,000 B. P. and the 13th cen...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1983
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1983.tb00316.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1983.tb00316.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1983.tb00316.x |
| Summary: | Pollen analysis of the organic surface (FH) horizon of a radiocarbon‐dated palaeopodzol buried beneath the ‘Little Ice Age’ outer moraine of Haugabreen west of the Jostedalsbrecn ice‐cap, southern Norway, provided evidence for environmental change in the area between ca. 4,000 B. P. and the 13th century A. D. Radiocarbon dating of the profile, apart from providing a chronology for the changes interpreted, also allowed estimation of pollen incorporation rates into the soil which can be compared with pollen influx rates established elsewhere. Two periods of local woodland recession were identified, the first between ca. 3,300 B. P. and ca. 3,600 B. P., after the initiation of the FH horizon, and the second in the 13th century A. D. at the onset of the Little Ice Age. |
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