Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 38(1) 1995

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VOL 38(1) 1995

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Pleniglacial, Palaeoenvironments, periglacial, vegetation

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Palaeoenvironments in the north European lowlands between 50 and 10 ka BP

• Else KOLSTRUP

Abstract:

Frost wedge casts, remnants of frost mounds, slope deposits, aeolian activity and vegetation records dated between 10 and 50-55 ka BP are used for a tentative, general reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental conditions in the north European lowlands. The sedimentary and vegetational records are discontinuous, and various types of subenvironments and deposits represent different periods. From the scattered and sometimes apparently contradictory evidence, it is suggested that during the Weichselian there were swift climatic and environmental changes, often too brief for the establisment of stable vegetational communities and soil developments.