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Holocene pollen stratigraphy indicating climatic and tree-line changes derived from a peat section at Ortino, in the Pechora lowland, northern Russia

Anu Kaakinen

Matti Eronen

Department of Geology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 11 (Snellmaninkatu 3), FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland

This study presents the results of pollen analysis and radiocarbon dates of a peat section from Ortino, in the Pechora lowland in northern Russia. A pollen stratigraphy is provided for at least the last 9200 years and it provides a basis for the reconstruction of the vegetational and mire history in the northernmost part of European Russia. Conifer stomata content was recorded as a complement to pollen studies to achieve a better resolution of tree-line fluctuations. The onset of Holocene warming initiated a vegetation succession that started first with herb-dominated tundra vegetation, and later with herb-shrub tundra. Combined pollen and stomata evidence suggests that Picea accompanied by Betula spp. spread to Ortino soon after 9000 14C yr BP. Trees and a climate warmer than at present persisted until c. 3000 14C yr BP, when forests disappeared and modern dwarf-shrub tundra vegetation developed.

Key Words: Pollen analysis • vegetation history • tundra • tree-line • conifer stomata • climate change • Holocene • Pechora lowland • Russia

The Holocene, Vol. 10, No. 5, 611-620 (2000)
DOI: 10.1191/095968300677433659
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