Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula
Pollen and plant macrofossil records from two lakes on northernmost Skagi peninsula, northern Iceland, reflect a progressive closing of the vegetation cover during the early Holocene. This development was connected with the succession from an initial herb-tundra phase characterized by Oxyria digyna,...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:e54bee19-bd8d-4fa3-9016-ee769e9c97fe 2023-05-15T15:44:28+02:00 Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula Rundgren, Mats 1998-01-01 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/e54bee19-bd8d-4fa3-9016-ee769e9c97fe https://doi.org/10.1191/095968398669995117 eng eng SAGE Publications https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/e54bee19-bd8d-4fa3-9016-ee769e9c97fe http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968398669995117 scopus:0031742090 Holocene; 8(5), pp 553-564 (1998) ISSN: 0959-6836 Climate Research Environmental Sciences Geology Climatic change Early Holocene Iceland Plant macrofossils Pollen Tundra vegetation Vegetation history contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 1998 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1191/095968398669995117 2023-02-01T23:37:25Z Pollen and plant macrofossil records from two lakes on northernmost Skagi peninsula, northern Iceland, reflect a progressive closing of the vegetation cover during the early Holocene. This development was connected with the succession from an initial herb-tundra phase characterized by Oxyria digyna, Poaceae and Caryophyllaceae, through an intermediate dwarf-shrub phase dominated by Salix and Empetrum nigrum, to a shrub and dwarf-shrub phase with Juniperus communis, Betula nana, Salix and Poaceae. This development is similar to that recorded at other sites in northern Iceland, both with respect to the taxa involved and the timing of transitions between successional phases, which suggests that early-Holocene vegetational development in northern Iceland was forced by broad-scale climatic changes. The palaeobotanical data suggest a gradual early-Holocene warming in northern Iceland, which probably was connected with northward displacements of Atlantic waters and North Atlantic air masses. The deposition of the Saksunarvatn ash at 9000 BP caused a transitory phase of vegetational succession on northernmost Skagi. Article in Journal/Newspaper Betula nana Empetrum nigrum Iceland North Atlantic Tundra Lund University Publications (LUP) Saksunarvatn ENVELOPE(-7.150,-7.150,62.233,62.233) The Holocene 8 5 553 564 |
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Pollen and plant macrofossil records from two lakes on northernmost Skagi peninsula, northern Iceland, reflect a progressive closing of the vegetation cover during the early Holocene. This development was connected with the succession from an initial herb-tundra phase characterized by Oxyria digyna, Poaceae and Caryophyllaceae, through an intermediate dwarf-shrub phase dominated by Salix and Empetrum nigrum, to a shrub and dwarf-shrub phase with Juniperus communis, Betula nana, Salix and Poaceae. This development is similar to that recorded at other sites in northern Iceland, both with respect to the taxa involved and the timing of transitions between successional phases, which suggests that early-Holocene vegetational development in northern Iceland was forced by broad-scale climatic changes. The palaeobotanical data suggest a gradual early-Holocene warming in northern Iceland, which probably was connected with northward displacements of Atlantic waters and North Atlantic air masses. The deposition of the Saksunarvatn ash at 9000 BP caused a transitory phase of vegetational succession on northernmost Skagi. |
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Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula |
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Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula |
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Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula |
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Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula |
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Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula |
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early-holocene vegetation of northern iceland : pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the skagi peninsula |
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Holocene; 8(5), pp 553-564 (1998) ISSN: 0959-6836 |
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