Holocene vegetation dynamics and inferred climate changes at Svanavatnet, Mo i Rana, northern Norway

• Main Authors: Bjune, AE, Birks, HJB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING 2008
• Subjects: EQUILIBRIUM-LINE ALTITUDES; CENTRAL-SOUTHERN NORWAY; WESTERN NORWAY; TREE-LINE; SCANDES-MOUNTAINS; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; WINTER-PRECIPITATION; LACUSTRINE CARBONATES; GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS; MEGAFOSSIL EVIDENCE; Mo i Rana; Norway; Svanavatnet; glacier; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/166198/

Pollen and plant macrofossil analyses from Svanavatnet in northern Norway provide records of past vegetation and climate in this region from c. 8700 cal.yr BP until the present. Pollen accumulation rates and the presence of plant macrofossils indicate that Betula pubescens (birch) was present from c...