Essays about: "Isabelle Timms Eliasson"

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  1. 1. Is it possible to reconstruct local pre-sence of pine on bogs during the Ho-locene based on pollen data? : a study based on surface and stratigraphical samples from three bogs in southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Isabelle Timms Eliasson; [2014]
    Keywords : southern Sweden; vegetation cover; bog; Pinus; pollen; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Horizons rich in subfossil stumps and roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) are frequently found in stratigraphies of northern European peatlands, providing clear evidence of Holocene periods with favourable conditions for bog-pine growth. The pines could only grow when bog-surface wetness was sufficiently low, and the presence of their remains is therefore a good indicator of past climatic conditions, mainly precipitation. READ MORE