Postglacial evolution of vegetation and environment in the Scheldt Basin (northern Belgium)

• Published in: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
• Main Authors: Storme, Annelies, Louwye, Stephen, Crombé, Philippe, Deforce, Koen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: History and Archaeology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Biology and Life Sciences; Late-glacial; Holocene; Fluvial environment; Palynology; Scheldt; Belgium; MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC TRANSITION; LOWER RIVER SCHELDT; CLIMATE OSCILLATIONS; NOORD-HOLLAND; ELM DECLINE; N-BELGIUM; ICE-CORE; NETHERLANDS; MIDDLE; Carr; ice core
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8506719; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8506719; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-016-0594-7; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8506719/file/8532102

The infill of abandoned river channels is the main information source on postglacial vegetation and landscape evolution in inland northern Belgium. Palynological studies of these deposits also contribute to a better understanding of the environmental context of the numerous archaeological sites in t...