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Pre-Boreal stage [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
  • Geology
  • Archaeology
DEF

A stage of the Blytt–Sernander classification, dated to about 10–9 kya [kiloyears ago], characterized by pine and birch vegetation and by conditions relatively wetter and colder than the Boreal period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
  • Géologie
  • Archéologie
CONT

L'amélioration climatique générale [...] qui marque le début de l'Holocène entraîne, au cours de la période préboréale (10000 - 9000 BP [avant le présent]), le développement de vastes forêts de pin, qui seront peu à peu remplacées, à partir du Boréal (9000 BP - 8000 BP), par des formations à noisetiers.

Spanish

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