Late glacial climatic and environmental changes in eastern-central Europe: Correlation of multiple biotic and abiotic proxies from the Lake Švarcenberk, Czech Republic
Thick lake sediments discovered in the southern part of the Czech Republic provide a high-resolution archive for detailed study of paleoenvironmental changes during the Late Pleistocene to Holocene in eastern-central Europe. Until recently, no similar records were available for this important region in the transition from oceanic to continental macro-climatic settings. Using a multi-proxy approach that combines sedimentological, pollen-analytical, paleozoological (Chironomids), geochemical and mineral-magnetic methods we demonstrate that major climatic events of the Late Glacial can be correlated with Atlantic rather than continental regimes as reported in paleoclimatic literature for the area of the interest. The sensitivity of applied biological and abiological techniques to climatically-driven processes allows trans-regional comparisons and enables us to discuss the pattern of geographic variation in these processes. We are able to establish a clear relationship between vegetation cover, soil development and erosional processes. A short-term intra-Alleröd cool event has been correlated with the Gerzensee oscillation. Proxy evidence suggests that the early half of the Younger Dryas was rather humid, whereas the latter half was dry and had significant impact on vegetation, sedimentary dynamics and lake level status during the YD/Preboreal transition. copy; 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, Prague 2, Czech Republic; Center for Theoretical Study, Charles University in Prague, Jilská 1, Praha 1, Czech Republic; Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka, 2117/24, Slovakia; Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague 2, Czech Republic; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Benátská 2, Prague 2, Czech Republic; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Geology, Rozvojová 135, Prague 6, Czech Republic; Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3, Prague 1, Czech Republic
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Hošek J.,Pokorný P.,Kubovčík V.,et al. Late glacial climatic and environmental changes in eastern-central Europe: Correlation of multiple biotic and abiotic proxies from the Lake Švarcenberk, Czech Republic[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2014-01-01,396