Holocene forest history of the Pöyrisjärvi area of the coniferous tree line in western Finnish Lapland: a pollen stratigraphical study

The evolution of the forests beyond the current coniferous tree line during the Holocene was studied by means of pollen analysis. Two closed-basin lakes, Jierstivaara and Isohattu, in western Finnish Lapland, were cored for the purpose. The rate of sedimentation proved to be uneven. After a slow ini...

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Main Authors: E. Mäkelä, K. Sarmaja-Korjonen, H. Hyvärinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1994-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
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Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume66/sgs_bt_066_2_pages_081_094.pdf