Dynamic early Holocene vegetation development on the Faroe Islands inferred from high-resolution plant macrofossil and pollen data

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Hannon, Gina E., Rundgren, Mats, Jessen, Catherine A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press 2010
• Subjects: Geology; Empetrum; Salix herbacea; Arctic heathland; Plant macrofossils; Faroe Islands; Early Holocene; Arctic; Sandoy; Betula nana; Faroes; Tundra
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1589332; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2009.11.003

Vegetation dynamics during the earliest part of the Holocene (11,250-10,250 cal yr BP) have been reconstructed from a lacustrine sequence on Sandoy, the Faroe Islands, using detailed plant macrofossil and pollen evidence. The plant macrofossils suggest the initial vegetation was sparse herb and shru...