A 12,000-Year Pollen Record from Lake Maliq, Albania |
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| Authors: | Michelle Denfle Anne-Marie Lzine Eric Fouache Jean-Jacques Dufaure |
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| Institution: | a UMR-CNRS 8591, Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, 1 place A. Briand, 92195, Meudon, France;b ESA-CNRS 7073, Paléontologie et Stratigraphie, Université de Paris VI, B 106, 75252, Paris Cedex 5, France;c Université Paris IV, UFR de Géographie, 191 rue Saint-Jacques, 75005, Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | Pollen data from Lake Maliq, the first from Albania, contribute new information to the discussion of the vegetational, hydrological, and climatological history of the Balkans since 12,000 yr B.P. During late-glacial time, a perennial lake expanded at Maliq. It was surrounded by a complex vegetation association composed of steppe and mixed forest elements. The highly diverse forest flora suggest that late-glacial forest refugia were more developed here at middle altitude, rather than at higher altitude as previously suggested. The forest developed after 9800 yr B.P., while the water level remained high in the Korçë basin until 5000 yr B.P. Different environmental conditions, characterized by lower available moisture and warmer winters, progressively took place after this date. Human activity in the Korçë basin ca. 4500 yr B.P. was coeval with conditions characterized by an increase in winter temperatures and a decrease in summer moisture. |
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| Keywords: | palynology Albania late-glacial/Holocene transition paleoenvironments paleoclimates |
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