Vegetational and climatic developments during the Late Glacial and the Early Holocene and aeolian sedimentation as recorded in the Uteringsveen (Drente, The Netherlands)

Abstract

A lithological and palynological investigation has been made of the Late Glacial and early Holocene filling of a pingo remnant in Drente (The Netherlands). It was found that the deposition of aeolian sands, although of varying nature, was uninterupted from the beginning of the Late Glacial until the end of the Boreal. From the pollen records a vegetational development was reconstructed and its dependance on temperatures, moisture conditions, and soil development is discussed. It was concluded that the mean July temperatures were at least 10° C - possibly 13° C - in the Bølling, probably 12° - 13° C in the Earlier Dryas, around 14°C at the beginning of the Allerød, and at least 12° C in the Late Dryas time.