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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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Holocene
Main Author: Rundgren, Mats
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1998
Subjects:
Climate Research
Environmental Sciences
Geology
Climatic change
Early Holocene
Iceland
Plant macrofossils
Pollen
Tundra vegetation
Vegetation history
Saksunarvatn
Betula nana
Empetrum nigrum
North Atlantic
Tundra
Online Access:https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/e54bee19-bd8d-4fa3-9016-ee769e9c97fe
https://doi.org/10.1191/095968398669995117

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