Proxy records of climate from blanket mires: evidence for a Dark Age (1400 BP) climatic deterioration in the British Isles

J. J. Blackford, F. M. Chambers

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Abstract

Pioneer studies of peat stratigraphy in Scandinavia led to division of the Holocene into climatic periods, and though this scheme was later re-evaluated and partly rejected, studies in Denmark and England have demonstrated a link between the stratigraphy of lowland raised mires and past climatic change. In a new study, radiocarbon dating of changes in the degree of humification of peat from blanket mires in the British Isles appears to show a change to wetter conditions around 1400 BP. -from Authors
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)63-67
Number of pages4
JournalHolocene
Volume1
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 1991

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