Druzhinina, O., Subetto, D., Stančikaitė, M., Vaikutienė, G., Kublitsky, J., Arslanov, Kh.
Sediment record from the Kamyshovoe Lake : history of
vegetation during late Pleistocene and early Holocene (Kaliningrad District,
Russia)
Abstract. Newly obtained pollen and diatom data from the
Kamyshovoe Lake (previous Dobauen, Germ.), Vishtynets Highland, Baltic Uplands,
analyzed by radiocarbon dating allowed to reconstruct the history of local
vegetation during late Pleistocene and early Holocene. Pollen records show the
formation of birch-predominating forest at ca. 13.4 ka cal. BP and the
flourishing of pine towards the second half of the Allerød since about 13.2 ka
cal. BP. The transition to the Younger Dryas around 12.7 ka cal. BP led to the
development of sparse shrub tundra with Juniperus and communities of steppe
herbs. Amelioration of the environmental regime enabled birch and pine woods to
spread during the second part of the GS-1 event and the Preboreal. The late
Preboreal time is marked by the appearance of Populus and an increase in the
role of grasses in the vegetation cover, which can be correlated with similar
open vegetation phases deduced from other pollen records in Europe (11.3–11.1
ka cal. BP). During the Boreal (since ca. 10.0 ka cal. BP) Corylus had its
maximum value, Alnus, Tilia and Quercus appeared and spread while the
birch-pine forests retreated.