Holocene vegetation dynamics and climate changes in the Torneträsk area, northern Sweden

• Main Author: Barnekow, Lena
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Quaternary Geology, Lund University 1999
• Subjects: Geology; Paleobotanik; palynology; phylogeny; Palaeobotany; northern Sweden; Torneträsk; Abisko; lake-level; radiocarbon dating; forest history; Holocene; tree-line; climate; Vegetation; fylogeni; palynologi; Physical geography; geomorphology; pedology; cartography; climatology; Fysisk geografi; geomorfologi; marklära; kartografi; klimatologi; Northern Sweden; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/39560

The aim of this study was to reconstruct the Holocene vegetation history and the climate changes in a subarctic area. The results are based on pollen and macrofossil records from six lakes in the Torneträsk area. The lakes are situated at altitudes between 370 and 999 m a.s.l., along a transect from...