Subatlantic

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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

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Subatlantikum
Français
Subatlantique
English
Subatlantic
Historical Variants
Subatlantic plants = Christianssand coast-plants (Blytt 1876), Subatlantic (Sernander 1889)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Holocene
Age at base
  • Holocene
Note about base
2700 BP = 2800 calBP = 850 BC
Dating Method
depuis 850 ou 500 av. J.C. ; ab 450 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.64: Subatlantic or Christianssand coast-plants which have their greatest distribution, or grow only, in the most southern, lowest coast-district from Krageroe to Stavanger.
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