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Vegetational development in the Faroes from 10.000 BP to the present

Jóhannes Jóhansen

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Abstract

In this paper three pollen diag rams from the Faroe Islands are presented; one from Saksunarvatn and two from Hovi. They cover the time from I 0.000 BP to the present. The first vegetation was a fell field vegetation. In the middle of the Preboreal, Betula nana immigrated, had a short maximum and subsequent decline due to climatic changes. From the end of the Preboreal and to the present, grasses and sedges are by far the most dominant pollen taxa. From Boreal and up to man's arrival, Juniperus and Salix phylicifolia covered large areas of the lowland. During the Atlantic and the Subboreal, Calluna became important. Besides, a tall herb vegetation persisted until the land occupation by man. One of the diagrams from Hovi shows the development from 1350 BC to the present.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDGU Årbog 1981
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
PublisherDGU
Pages111-136
Number of pages26
ISBN (Print)87-421-0732-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 1982
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

SeriesDGU Årbog
Volume1981
ISSN0105-063X

Keywords

  • Faroe Islands

Programme Area

  • Programme Area 1: Data

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