The response of vegetation at the end of the last glacial period (MIS 3 and MIS 2) in littoral areas of NW Iberia |
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| Authors: | Luis Gómez‐Orellana Pablo Ramil‐Rego Castor Muñoz Sobrino |
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| Institution: | 1. GI‐1934‐TB, Laboratorio de Botánica & Bioxeografía, IBADER, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, , E‐27002 Lugo, Spain;2. Departamento de Bioloxía Vexetal e Ciencias do Solo, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, , E‐36310 Vigo, Spain |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes and discusses the palaeobotanical data obtained from organic levels of two exposed deposits on the Atlantic shore of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula. Radiocarbon dating assigns these levels to a period of marine regression at the end of MIS 3 and the beginning of the Last Glacial Maximum. The pollen record shows an initial predominance of tree taxa (mainly deciduous, including the presence of Fagus far from its current limit), followed by an episode of partial forest retraction related to the end of MIS 3 and the beginning of the Last Glacial Maximum. However, the presence of numerous tree taxa in the record, even during the cold intervals associated with Heinrich events, points to the existence of sheltered refugia for these species during this period, in keeping with the conclusions of recent reviews of the vegetation dynamics of this region for the Lateglacial and the Holocene. |
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