Pollen records, postglacial: Southeastern North America

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Pollen records from the unglaciated southeastern region of North America provide an overview of biogeographic changes associated with vegetational migration northward following the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Changing insolation during the Holocene affected forest composition on the Coastal Plain, and rising sea level controlled the distribution of marsh and forested wetlands throughout the middle and late Holocene. Land clearance and management since European colonization had significant impacts on vegetation during the last few centuries. This article summarizes spatial and temporal patterns of vegetation in southeastern North America during the last 22.5 cal ka BP.

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Publication type Book chapter
Publication Subtype Book Chapter
Title Pollen records, postglacial: Southeastern North America
DOI 10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00030-1
Volume 4
Year Published 2025
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Contributing office(s) Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
Description 11 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Monograph
Larger Work Title Encyclopedia of Quaternary science (Third Edition)
First page 553
Last page 563
Country United States
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