Holocene vegetation and land-use history in the environs of Lake Kahala, northern Estonia

• Pollen profiles, based cores taken in Lake Kahala and from the adjoining mire, were used to establish general vegetation history and to reconstruct the extent and types of land-use over most of the Holocene. Modern pollen deposition was studied using moss

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

pollen analysis; farming history; woodland dynamics; modern pollen analogues; Holocene; Estonia

Quaternary geology

Kvartärgeologi

Publication and Content Type

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