Subboreal

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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
Subboreal
Français
Subboréal
English
Subboreal
Historical Variants
Subboreal plants (Blytt 1876), Subboreal (Sernander 1889)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit
Units at roof
Units at floor

Age

Age at top
  • Holocene
Note about top
2700 BP = 2800 calBP = (1150-) 850 BC
Age at base
  • Holocene
Note about base
(5660-)4700 BP = 5500 calBP = 3550 BC
Dating Method
5000-2500 ?BP ; 3710-450 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: Subboreal, plants which grow in the lowest south-eastern regions in Norway, and which do not prefer the coast regions in the province of Christianssand.
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