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DOI | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106206 |
Climate and vegetation dynamics of the Northern Apennines (Italy) during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene | |
Guido M.A.; Molinari C.; Moneta V.; Branch N.; Black S.; Simmonds M.; Stastney P.; Montanari C. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 0277-3791 |
卷号 | 231 |
英文摘要 | This study reconstructs the regional vegetation and climate dynamics between the upper Late Pleistocene and Holocene around Pian del Lago, a coastal mountain marshland located at 831 m asl in western Liguria (NW-Italy), based on the pollen analysis of a 13 m-long sediment core. The record provided a unique opportunity to study a poorly documented period in northern Italy and across many parts of southwestern Europe. We propose an event stratigraphy based upon the identification of seven interstadials (NAI-7 to NAI-1) spanning the upper Late Pleistocene. The correlation with other terrestrial records in Italy, and with Mediterranean marine sequences and the Greenland ice cores, permitted a coherent reconstruction of main environmental changes from >∼43,000 cal. BP. Significantly, the pollen record indicates the persistence of a mesophilous mountain vegetation cover, mainly composed of Quercus (deciduous and evergreen), Abies, Fagus and Alnus over the whole time period recorded. At the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and during the Late Würm Lateglacial, despite the presence of steppic vegetation composed of Artemisia, woodlands dominated by Pinus, with Abies, Picea, Fagus, Alnus and Betula are present. This forest composition provides an important insight into the history of Picea in southern Europe and Late Pleistocene refugia for mesophilous species. During the Early Holocene, Pinus is first replaced by Abies and then by deciduous Quercus and mixed temperate species as the dominant forest component. Both arboreal and herbaceous anthropogenic pollen indicators only make their appearance during the Late Holocene, attesting to the increasing importance of human activities. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
英文关键词 | Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Micro-charcoal analysis; North-western Italy; Pollen analysis |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Charcoal; Forestry; Glacial geology; Stratigraphy; Charcoal analysis; Holocenes; Late Pleistocene; North-western Italy; Pollen analysis; Vegetation; climate change; event stratigraphy; Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum; mountain region; palynology; persistence; Pleistocene; pollen; reconstruction; sediment core; vegetation dynamics; Apennines; Arctic; Greenland; Italy; Italy; Liguria; Abies; Alnus; Artemisia; Betula; Fagus; Picea; Quercus |
来源期刊 | Quaternary Science Reviews
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151570 |
作者单位 | Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, Genoa, 16132, Italy; Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, S-223 62, Sweden; Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Whiteknights, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AH, United Kingdom; Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London, N1 7ED, United Kingdom |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Guido M.A.,Molinari C.,Moneta V.,et al. Climate and vegetation dynamics of the Northern Apennines (Italy) during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene[J],2020,231. |
APA | Guido M.A..,Molinari C..,Moneta V..,Branch N..,Black S..,...&Montanari C..(2020).Climate and vegetation dynamics of the Northern Apennines (Italy) during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene.Quaternary Science Reviews,231. |
MLA | Guido M.A.,et al."Climate and vegetation dynamics of the Northern Apennines (Italy) during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene".Quaternary Science Reviews 231(2020). |
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