Holocene environmental history and climate of Ratasjoen, a low-alpine lake in south-central Norway

• Main Authors: Velle, G, Larsen, J, Eide, W, Peglar, SM, Birks, HJB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SPRINGER 2005
• Subjects: chironomids; climate history; diatoms; lake ecosystem development; lake sediments; multiproxy study; plant macrofossils; pollen; GREENLAND ICE-CORE; NORTHERN SWEDEN; WESTERN NORWAY; AIR TEMPERATURES; YOUNGER DRYAS; FOSSIL POLLEN; VEGETATIONAL HISTORY; ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; SCANDES MOUNTAINS; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; Alpine Lake; Greenland; Norway; Greenland ice core; ice core; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/191225/

The Holocene environmental history and climate are reconstructed for Ratasjoen, a low- alpine lake in south-central Norway. The reconstructions are based on chironomids, diatoms, pollen, plant macrofossils, and sediment characteristics. From plant macrofossil evidence, birch trees (Betula pubescens)...