Late-glacial and early Holocene climatic events and chronology of vegetation development in the Netherlands

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Z. Hoek
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Vegetation Development

scholarly journals Abiotic landscape and vegetation patterns in the Netherlands during the Weichselian Late Glacial

2000 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.Z. Hoek
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
The Other ◽  
Vegetation Patterns ◽  
Vegetation Development ◽  
Pollen Diagrams ◽  
Landscape Types ◽  
Geomorphological Processes ◽  
Close Interrelationship

AbstractThe Late Glacial landscape of the Netherlands was a landscape with changing geomorphology and vegetation. Glacial, eolian and fluvial processes in the time before the Late Glacial initially had formed the main landscape types that still existed during the Late Glacial. In these landscape types, geomorphological processes persisted, particularly during intervals when the vegetation cover was discontinuous. Vegetation development initiated soil formation and stabilised the substratum. On the other hand, the abiotic landscape influenced vegetation development, and particularly vegetation patterns.The Late Glacial vegetation patterns, changing in time, have been reconstructed on the basis of a palynological database containing the data from over 250 pollen diagrams from the Netherlands. Patterns of vegetation and abiotic landscape appear to compare to each other in many instances, indicating the close interrelationship between vegetation and the abiotic landscape.

scholarly journals Climate and base-level controlled fluvial system change and incision during the last glacial–interglacial transition, Roer river, the Netherlands – western Germany

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Kasse ◽  
R.T. Van Balen ◽  
S.J.P. Bohncke ◽  
J. Wallinga ◽  
M. Vreugdenhil
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
System Change ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Sediment Supply ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Forest Recovery ◽  
Fluvial System ◽  
Base Level ◽  
Western Germany

AbstractThe fluvial development of the Roer river in the southeastern Netherlands and western Germany is presented for the Late Pleniglacial, Late-glacial and Early Holocene periods. Reconstruction of fluvial-style changes is based on geomorphological and sedimentological analysis. Time control comes from correlation to the pollen-based biochronostratigraphic framework of the Netherlands combined with independent optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages. At the Pleniglacial to Late-glacial transition a system and channel pattern change occurred from an aggrading braided to an incising meandering system. Rapid rates of meander migration, as established for the Late-glacial by optical dating, were likely related to the sandy nature of the substratum and the Late-glacial incision of the Meuse that resulted in a higher river gradient in the downstream part of the Roer. In the Roer valley the Younger Dryas cooling is not clearly reflected by a fluvial system response, but this may also be related to Holocene erosion of Younger Dryas fluvial forms. An important incision and terrace formation was established at the Younger Dryas to Early Holocene transition, probably related to forest recovery, reduced sediment supply and base-level lowering of the Meuse. The results of this study show a stepwise reduction in the number of channel courses from a multi-channel braided system in the Pleniglacial, to a double meander-belt system in the Late-glacial and a single-channel meandering system in the Early Holocene. The results show that the forcing factors of fluvial-system change in the Roer valley are climate change (precipitation, permafrost and vegetation) and downstream base-level control by the Meuse.

scholarly journals Lateglacial and early Holocene vegetation development and fluvial system changes in the northern Meuse valley, the Netherlands: a review of palynological data

2017 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.Z. Hoek ◽  
E.I. Lammertsma ◽  
S.J.P. Bohncke ◽  
J.A.A. Bos ◽  
F. Bunnik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Vegetation Development ◽  
Fluvial Terrace ◽  
Palynological Data ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Abandoned Channel ◽  
Actual Height ◽  
Age Estimates

AbstractThis study provides an overview of existing palynological and chronological data of the northern Meuse valley which have been collected over recent decades. The palynological data were used to make a vegetation reconstruction in time and space for the Lateglacial and early Holocene. The vegetation development is strongly influenced by the rapid climate changes that occurred during this time period. It is shown that the biostratigraphy can be used to provide better age estimates for the abandoned channel fills, which have been dated in most cases using conventional bulk14C dates. Furthermore, the combination with a geomorphological reconstruction based on AHN (actual height model of the Netherlands) lidar data has been used to evaluate the interactions between fluvial terrace formation and vegetation development. It appears that, although the vegetation development is comparable to the general vegetation development in the Netherlands, slight differences occur, in particular of the vegetation composition, presumably linked to the dynamic geomorphological activity in the Meuse valley. Finally, the spatial distribution of sites may give indications for the migration routes of pine (Pinus) and poplar (Populus) during this period of rapid vegetation development over the Last Glacial–Interglacial Transition.

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