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Periods of rapid environmental change around 12500 and 10000 years B.P., as recorded in Swiss lake deposits

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Paleolimnology and the Reconstruction of Ancient Environments

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In the sediment of three Swiss lakes at a range of altitude from 514 to 2017 m, the Böiling and the Preboreal are recognized as two periods of rapid biotic changes. The main reason is rapid climatic change that triggered shifts in different groups of aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Although these groups would be expected to have very different response times, e.g., to increasing summer temperature, their assemblages responded with surprizing synchroneity. For extracting climatic signals from stratigraphies, the quickly responsive indicators like oxygen isotopes or beetles are useful. For understanding ecological dynamics under a changing climate, the comparison of biota with various response time are important.

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Ammann, B. (1990). Periods of rapid environmental change around 12500 and 10000 years B.P., as recorded in Swiss lake deposits. In: Davis, R.B. (eds) Paleolimnology and the Reconstruction of Ancient Environments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2655-4_6

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