| Title | Natural to cultural: the vegetation history of the southern Yorkshire Dales, UK |
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| Author | Swindles, G T; Galloway, J M ; Rushworth, G; Wheeler, J; Murphy, P; Taylor, T F |
| Source | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 104328, 2020 p. 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104328 |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20200342 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf; html |
| Area | Yorkshire Dales |
| Lat/Long WENS | -2.2297 -1.6800 54.1108 53.8136 |
| Subjects | paleontology; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; paleoecology; palynology; pollen; vegetation; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; tables; lithologic sections; graphs |
| Program | Environmental
Geoscience Program Management |
| Released | 2020 12 06 |
| Abstract | The Yorkshire Dales represents one of the most iconic agricultural landscapes in Britain. However, many questions remain over the evolution of this landscape through time and its natural state before
major human impacts. Here we present new palynological data that provide insight into the vegetation and fire history of the southern Yorkshire Dales from the late glacial period to present day. Our data suggest that there is considerable variation
in vegetation history between sites, which probably reflects topographic and edaphic factors. Several of the records contain hiatuses that may reflect forest clearance, slow peat accumulation, or peat drainage, cutting and/or burning. Our data show a
marked clearance of woodland beginning in the Neolithic period and intensifying in more recent times, marking the development of the contemporary iconic agricultural landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This study examines the post-glacial history of vegetation in Yorkshire, England. The study uses pollen, spores, algae, and microscopic charcoal to
evaluate the causes of vegetation change, examine human influence, and trajectories of response of peatland environments to climate variability and land-use change. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 327030 |
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