Boreal

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
N/A
Color RGB
R: 245 G: 255 B: 245
Rank
climato/palynostratigraphy
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term
Status discussion

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Boreal
Français
Boréal
English
Boreal
Origin of the Name
Cold climatic phase originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs.
Historical Variants
Boreal (Blytt 1876)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Holocene
Note about top
8000 BP = 9000 calBP = 7050 BC
Age at base
  • Holocene
Note about base
9000 BP = 10200 calBP = 8250 BC
Dating Method
8690-7270 av. J.C.

References

Definition
Blytt Axel Gudbrandt (1876) : Essay on the immigration of the Norwegian flora during alternating rainy and dry periods. Christiania, 89 pages

p.63: Boreal [plants] which have their greatest distribution in the low lands, and which do not prefer the coast climate in the province of Bergen, but which however mostly grow both east and west of the mountain ridge.
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