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The late-glacial at Lac de Creno (Corsica, France): a key site in the western Mediterranean basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

M. REILLE ,
J. GAMISANS ,
J.-L. DE BEAULIEU  and
V. ANDRIEU
M. REILLE
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Botanique historique et Palynologie, URA CNRS 1152, Boite 451, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques St-Jérôme, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
J. GAMISANS
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d’Ecologie Terrestre, 39 Allées Jules Guesde, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
J.-L. DE BEAULIEU
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Botanique historique et Palynologie, URA CNRS 1152, Boite 451, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques St-Jérôme, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
V. ANDRIEU
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Botanique historique et Palynologie, URA CNRS 1152, Boite 451, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques St-Jérôme, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Abstract

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 14C 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.

Keywords

Late-glacialpollen spectraLac de Creno (Corsica)western Mediterranean basin
Type
Research Article
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The New Phytologist , Volume 135 , Issue 3 , March 1997 , pp. 547 - 559
Copyright
© Trustees of The New Phytologist 1997

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