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The late‐glacial at Lac de Creno (Corsica, France): a key site in the western Mediterranean basin
Author(s) -
REILLE M.,
GAMISANS J.,
BEAULIEU J.L.,
ANDRIEU V.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00683.x
Subject(s) - glacial period , stadial , pollen , sequence (biology) , pinus <genus> , mediterranean basin , mediterranean climate , geology , paleontology , physical geography , geography , ecology , botany , archaeology , biology , genetics
summary The lower part (460–650 cm) of a lacustrine sequence from Lac de Creno, Corsica (1310 m) is analysed on the basis of 68 pollen spectra and with the support of 10 14 C dates (including nine A.M.S. dates). This sequence, which extends from the end of the Würm to the beginning of the Postglacial, reveals a complete late‐glacial. The absence of forest dynamics during the late glacial Interstadial in Corsica is a real mystery. Pollen data clearly suggest that Pinus laricio (= Pinus nigra Arnold ssp. laricio Maire) and perhaps other tree species did not exist in Corsica at that time.