Herbs as july temperature indicators for parts of the Pleniglacial and Late-Glacial in the Netherlands

Abstract

From the present July temperature demands of plant species also found as fossils in Weichselian Pleniglacial and Late-Glacial deposits in and near The Netherlands a reconstruction of the former minimum mean July temperatures is attempted and compared to a previous record. Analysis of a section near Epe suggests that there may have been a warmer interval around 14.000 years B.P. and the name of 'Epe Interstadial' is provisionally proposed for this interval in The Netherlands.