Open AccessPollen analysis of the Husterbaach peat (Luxembourg): its significance for the study of subrecent geomorphological events
Author(s) -
RIEZEBOS PETER A.,
SLOTBOOM RUDOLF T.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1978.tb00265.x
Subject(s) - palynology , peat , pollen , vegetation (pathology) , geology , ruderal species , radiocarbon dating , physical geography , arable land , deposition (geology) , paleontology , archaeology , structural basin , geography , ecology , agriculture , habitat , medicine , pathology , biology
Pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating of a core section from the valley head of the Husterbaach near Hosingen (Oesling) provides a very detailed record of the successive vegetations from 1200 A. D. until today. This palynological record agrees largely with the consecutive events known from the agricultural history of that area. Particularly significant are the curves obtained of several cultivated and ruderal plants. In this section it could be demonstrated that the interruption of peat growth by deposition of minerogenic material corresponds with a comparatively high arable land/pasture ratio. As well as being intrinsically interesting for assessing which features of the present landscape are due to former human activities, a detailed knowledge of the Subatlantic evolution of the vegetation and land use in the Oesling is indispensable, as its geomorphological development in the immediate past has largely been influenced by man.