An attempt at synthesizing the Holocene biostratigraphy of a «type area» in northern Norway by means of recommended methods for zonation and comparison of biostratigraphical data

The Holocene vegetation history in an area of northern Norway has been investigated by means of 12 pollen-analysed sections ; 11 of them from peat sediments. Biostratigraphical zonation of the individual pollen diagrams, and comparison between pairs of them have been carried out by numerical methods of the IGCP-158-b research programme. Generally, the zonation programme have adequate results. Zonation of the total pollen taxon assemblage including the peatforming taxa - and zonation of the regional pollen assemblage (trees), gave rather similar results. However, when studying man’s impact on vegetation, it might prove useful to exclude all peatforming taxa before running the zonation programme. The comparison programme proved not to give adequate treatment of this material, which is characterized by spectra with a high degree of similarity throughout the Holocene.Vorren Karl‐Dag, Alm Torbjørn. An attempt at synthesizing the Holocene biostratigraphy of a «type area» in northern Norway by means of recommended methods for zonation and comparison of biostratigraphical data. In: Ecologia mediterranea, tome 11 n°1, 1985. Changements hydrologiques dans la zone tempérée au cours des quinze derniers millénaires / Paleohydrological changes in the temperate zone in the last 15000 years. Marseille (France) 3-5/07/1984. pp. 53-64

The Prehistoric Expansion of Farming Into "Arctic" Norway: A Chronology Based on 14C Dating

From the 12th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Trondheim, June 24-28, 1985.Palynologic and archaeologic studies using 14C dating indicate that elements of farming were introduced even further north than the Arctic Circle during the Neolithic period, ca 4000 BP. A second stage with heavier reliance on farming and with probable establishment of permanent farmsteads is dated to 2000-2500 BP.This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries.The Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact [email protected] for further information.Migrated from OJS platform February 202

Late Cenozoic stratigraphy and environment in the Barents Sea

Evaluation of the geology of the late Cenozoic Barents Sea is based upon several thousand km of seismic profiles. several hundred gravity cores and some ten 100 m deep corings taken by drilling vessels