Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula
(1998) In Holocene 8(5). p.553-564- Abstract
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... (More)
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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- Rundgren, Mats LU
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- 1998-01-01
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- Climatic change, Early Holocene, Iceland, Plant macrofossils, Pollen, Tundra vegetation, Vegetation history
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- Holocene
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- 8
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- 5
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- 12 pages
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- SAGE Publications
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- scopus:0031742090
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- 0959-6836
- DOI
- 10.1191/095968398669995117
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- English
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abstract = {{<p>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.</p>}},
author = {{Rundgren, Mats}},
issn = {{0959-6836}},
keywords = {{Climatic change; Early Holocene; Iceland; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Tundra vegetation; Vegetation history}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{01}},
number = {{5}},
pages = {{553--564}},
publisher = {{SAGE Publications}},
series = {{Holocene}},
title = {{Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland : Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968398669995117}},
doi = {{10.1191/095968398669995117}},
volume = {{8}},
year = {{1998}},
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