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The recognition of glacial retreat from palynological data: A review of recent work in the British Isles
Author(s) -
Tipping Richard M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/jqs.3390030207
Subject(s) - stadial , palynology , glacial period , geology , chronology , period (music) , pollen , physical geography , sequence (biology) , paleontology , archaeology , geography , ecology , physics , genetics , acoustics , biology
Recent publications have presented palynological data from the early postglacial period in the British Isles, which have been interpreted as reflecting sequential glacial retreat following the Loch Lomond Stadial, The methodologies and results of these studies were examined and were concluded to be insufficient to demonstrate glacial retreat. A more cautious methodology was adopted and tested at several pollen sites in the Awe valley, Scotland. The results differed from previous studies in not demonstrating the sequence of palynological changes predicted from the hypothesis. These results need to be replicated at other localities, however, before the deglacial chronology hypothesis can be dismissed. Proposals to test the hypothesis further are suggested.