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Climatic Changes at Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary in the Middle Swedish Endmoraine Zone, Mainly Inferred from Stratigraphic Indications

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The Billingen area in the Middle Swedish endmoraine zone has been studied with respect to climatic changes and their effects between c. 11,300 and 9,500 yr B.P. With litho-, bio- and chronostratigraphic investigations combined with various physical and chemical analyses a picture of the Late Weichselian/Early Holocene glacial, vegetational and, climatic history has been obtained. In the later part of the rather warm Allenzød Chronozone the Baltic Ice Lake was drained and the glacier retreated north of Mt. Billingen. A significant glacier readvance occurred in the early, cool part of the Younger Dryas Chronozone once again damming the huge glacial lake in the east. Around 10,500 yr B.P. a significant climatic amelioration created prerequisites for a normal vegetational succession and the final retreat of the glacier from the area. The last drainage of the Baltic Ice Lake occurred and after another c. 600 years the area for a short time was influenced by marine water some hundred years before the whole area was lifted above sea level.

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    Svante Björck & Gunnar Digerfeldt

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Björck, S., Digerfeldt, G. (1984). Climatic Changes at Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary in the Middle Swedish Endmoraine Zone, Mainly Inferred from Stratigraphic Indications. In: Mörner, NA., Karlén, W. (eds) Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7692-5_4

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