POLLEN DIAGRAMS FROM SOUTHERN ENGLAND: ELSTEAD, SURREY

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Summary: A small peat bog at Elstead, Surrey, has been investigated stratigraphically, by pollen analysis and by identification of macroscopic plant remains. The organic infilling was largely completed in zones IV, V and VI of the Post‐glacial period. At the close of zone III and in zone IV both pollen and macroscopic remains testify to a varied and open vegetation containing many typical Late‐glacial plants. Zone III was dominated by birch and zones IV, V and VI by pine. The sub‐zones a, b and c of zone VI are recognizable and the general picture of forest history conforms to that of other sites in the south of England, permitting a date to be placed upon the main stages of infilling of the lake‐basin, notably a phase of deposition of mineral material in sub‐zone Vic, and a possible hiatus immediately afterwards.