A RADIOCARBON‐DATED POLLEN DIAGRAM FROM NORTH‐WEST SCOTLAND
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in New Phytologist
- Vol. 68 (1) , 209-214
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1969.tb06434.x
Abstract
Summary: A series of radiocarbon dates from critical levels in a pollen diagram from a site near Scourie, Sutherlandshire, proves the recorded events to be much younger than the trend of the pollen curves would suggest. Evidence of pine forest growing in the area during the late Atlantic and Sub‐boreal confirms earlier observations that these forests persisted in north‐west Scotland later than in many other parts of the British Isles. The extremely slow rate of accumulation between about 420 cm and 455 cm, 1320 years, implies a break in deposition, but there is no biostratigraphic or lithostratigraphic evidence of this.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- LATE WEICHSELIAN AND FLANDRIAN POLLEN DIAGRAMS FROM SOUTH‐WEST SCOTLANDNew Phytologist, 1969
- TWO POLLEN DIAGRAMS FROM THE MAINLAND, ORKNEY ISLANDSNew Phytologist, 1969
- Cambridge University Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VIIRadiocarbon, 1965
- Trees and climatic history in scotlandQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1964
- National Physical Laboratory Radiocarbon Measurements IRadiocarbon, 1963
- XI.—A Late-glacial Site at Loch Droma, Ross and CromartyTransactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1963
- FOREST HISTORY OF THE BEINN EIGHE NATURE RESERVENew Phytologist, 1959
- Pollen analysis of peat deposits in eastern Sutherland and CaithnessScottish Geographical Magazine, 1958
- XIX.—The Late-glacial History of the Highlands and Islands of ScotlandTransactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1955
- II.—The Plant Remains in the Scottish Peat MossesTransactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1908