Holocene wet shifts in NW European bogs : evidence for the roles of external forcing and internal feedback from a high-resolution study of peat properties, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae
(2023) In Journal of Quaternary Science 38(3). p.423-439- Abstract
Two conspicuous wet shifts in the peat stratigraphy of Store Mosse in southern Sweden, associated with bog-wide changes in vegetation and degree of peat decomposition, were analysed at high resolution. The bog-surface wetness (BSW) proxy data (organic matter bulk density, C/N ratio, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae) highlight the importance of interactions between vegetation composition, microtopography and degree of peat decomposition, and show that the bog system operated consistently during the two wet shifts (dated to c. 2700 and 1000 cal a bp) despite different internal and external conditions. A sensitive bog-system state, associated with a degraded microtopography and well-decomposed surface peat with low hydrological... (More)
Two conspicuous wet shifts in the peat stratigraphy of Store Mosse in southern Sweden, associated with bog-wide changes in vegetation and degree of peat decomposition, were analysed at high resolution. The bog-surface wetness (BSW) proxy data (organic matter bulk density, C/N ratio, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae) highlight the importance of interactions between vegetation composition, microtopography and degree of peat decomposition, and show that the bog system operated consistently during the two wet shifts (dated to c. 2700 and 1000 cal a bp) despite different internal and external conditions. A sensitive bog-system state, associated with a degraded microtopography and well-decomposed surface peat with low hydrological conductivity developed during sustained dry conditions, probably contributed to the large BSW amplitudes registered. Comparable bog systems are expected to operate in the same way, and regionally high sensitivity that developed in response to atmospheric circulation changes may partly explain synchronous registration of wet shifts. The wet shifts in Store Mosse were attributed to solar and volcanic forcing, respectively, and wet shifts of similar magnitude registered in other NW European bogs are likely to also have been externally forced.
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- Rundgren, Mats LU ; Kokfelt, Ulla LU ; Schoning, Kristian and Wastegård, Stefan
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- 2023
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- keywords
- bog-surface wetness, external forcing, microtopography, peat decomposition, vegetation
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- Journal of Quaternary Science
- volume
- 38
- issue
- 3
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- 423 - 439
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- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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- scopus:85143970634
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- 0267-8179
- DOI
- 10.1002/jqs.3485
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- English
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abstract = {{<p>Two conspicuous wet shifts in the peat stratigraphy of Store Mosse in southern Sweden, associated with bog-wide changes in vegetation and degree of peat decomposition, were analysed at high resolution. The bog-surface wetness (BSW) proxy data (organic matter bulk density, C/N ratio, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae) highlight the importance of interactions between vegetation composition, microtopography and degree of peat decomposition, and show that the bog system operated consistently during the two wet shifts (dated to c. 2700 and 1000 cal a bp) despite different internal and external conditions. A sensitive bog-system state, associated with a degraded microtopography and well-decomposed surface peat with low hydrological conductivity developed during sustained dry conditions, probably contributed to the large BSW amplitudes registered. Comparable bog systems are expected to operate in the same way, and regionally high sensitivity that developed in response to atmospheric circulation changes may partly explain synchronous registration of wet shifts. The wet shifts in Store Mosse were attributed to solar and volcanic forcing, respectively, and wet shifts of similar magnitude registered in other NW European bogs are likely to also have been externally forced.</p>}},
author = {{Rundgren, Mats and Kokfelt, Ulla and Schoning, Kristian and Wastegård, Stefan}},
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keywords = {{bog-surface wetness; external forcing; microtopography; peat decomposition; vegetation}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{423--439}},
publisher = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
series = {{Journal of Quaternary Science}},
title = {{Holocene wet shifts in NW European bogs : evidence for the roles of external forcing and internal feedback from a high-resolution study of peat properties, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3485}},
doi = {{10.1002/jqs.3485}},
volume = {{38}},
year = {{2023}},
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