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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1191/095968301678302931 |
| Title (Primary) | Mediaeval climatic warming recorded by radiocarbon dated alpine tree-line shift on the Kola Peninsula, Russia |
| Author | Hiller, A.; Böttger, T.; Kremenetski, C.V. |
| Source Titel | Holocene |
| Year | 2001 |
| Department | ISOHYD |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Page From | 491 |
| Page To | 497 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | Alpine tree-line, subfossil wood, radiocarbon dating, Kola Peninsula, late Holocene, Pinus sylvestris, Mediaeval warm phase, Russia |
| Abstract | Studies of the tree-line history in northern Fennoscandia provide useful evidence about the Holocene environment and the region's climatic history. Here we report on late-Holocene alpine tree-line movement in the Khibiny low mountains on the Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia. A highly representative collection of subfossil woods above the modern tree-line was obtained and 49 pine samples were radiocarbon dated. Their radiocarbon ages range fromc. 1400 to 3000 yr BP with a distinct maximum betweenc. 800 and 1000 yr BP (about cal. ad 1000 to 1300). We conclude that, especially during the Mediaeval climatic optimum, pine forests grew at least 100–140 m above the modern pine tree-line in the Khibiny mountains. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=6427 |
| Hiller, A., Böttger, T., Kremenetski, C.V. (2001): Mediaeval climatic warming recorded by radiocarbon dated alpine tree-line shift on the Kola Peninsula, Russia Holocene 4 (11), 491 - 497 10.1191/095968301678302931 |
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