The retreat of pine forest in Finnish Lapland since the Holocene climatic optimum: a general discussion with radiocarbon evidence from subfossil pines

Literature data on the retreat of the pine forest in Northern Fennoscandia are presented to cover the period from the early 19th century onwards, i.e. since the first reliable observations were made. These data are compared with radiocarbon datings of 44 samples from subfossil pines found at or beyo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matti Eronen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geographical Society of Finland 1979
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f341dae0ad13451398882b252a441ced