The Last Glaciation environmental history of the Po Plain (Northern Italy) is still poorly known. Here we present a multiproxy record from a compressed peat dated 33-30 ka cal BP, underlying the Last Glacial Maximum fluvio-glacial belt in the Adda River catchment. Slow river dynamics and subsurface water saturation granted stable surfaces supporting mixed pine-birch forests, including open wetlands - marshes and swamps - and open drylands, with juniper bushes, connected to sandy river bars. Fire phases favoured birch but decreased arboreal pollen, although open lands did not expand. We discuss relationships with millennial climate variability between GI-6 and GS-5.1.

Ravazzi, C., Garozzo, L., Deaddis, M., De Amicis, M., Marchetti, M., Pini, R., et al. (2018). Palaeoenvironment and vegetation history in the central Po Plain (N-Italy) between 33-30 Ka Cal Bp under the impact of millennial climate change. ALPINE AND MEDITERRANEAN QUATERNARY, 31(1), 93-97 [10.26382/AIQUA.2018.AIQUAconference].

Palaeoenvironment and vegetation history in the central Po Plain (N-Italy) between 33-30 Ka Cal Bp under the impact of millennial climate change

Ravazzi C.
Primo
;
De Amicis M.
Secondo
;
Vezzoli G.;Zanchi A.
Ultimo
2018

Abstract

The Last Glaciation environmental history of the Po Plain (Northern Italy) is still poorly known. Here we present a multiproxy record from a compressed peat dated 33-30 ka cal BP, underlying the Last Glacial Maximum fluvio-glacial belt in the Adda River catchment. Slow river dynamics and subsurface water saturation granted stable surfaces supporting mixed pine-birch forests, including open wetlands - marshes and swamps - and open drylands, with juniper bushes, connected to sandy river bars. Fire phases favoured birch but decreased arboreal pollen, although open lands did not expand. We discuss relationships with millennial climate variability between GI-6 and GS-5.1.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Alluvial plain; Boreal forest; Last glaciation; Millennial climate variability; Po plain; Radiocarbon dating
English
2018
31
1
93
97
none
Ravazzi, C., Garozzo, L., Deaddis, M., De Amicis, M., Marchetti, M., Pini, R., et al. (2018). Palaeoenvironment and vegetation history in the central Po Plain (N-Italy) between 33-30 Ka Cal Bp under the impact of millennial climate change. ALPINE AND MEDITERRANEAN QUATERNARY, 31(1), 93-97 [10.26382/AIQUA.2018.AIQUAconference].
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