Plant macrofossil methods and studies: Mire and Peat Macros

D. Mauquoy; B. van Geel

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00206-5

Plant macrofossil methods and studies: Mire and Peat Macros

D. Mauquoy^*, B. van Geel

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Geography & Environment

University of Amsterdam

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Abstract

A range of mire and peat macrofossils which can be found in northwest European peat bog (ombrotrophic) and fen (minerotrophic peatland) deposits are illustrated in an extensive series of figures. Methodologies commonly used to pretreat samples are described, in addition to the paleoecological indicator value of a wide selection of botanical/zoological macrofossils. Applications of mire and peat macrofossil analyses in Holocene environmental reconstructions are reviewed briefly. These include paleoclimate reconstructions, peatland carbon accumulation rate studies, and the nature of successional processes in peatlands.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	637-656
Number of pages	20
Edition	Second Edition
ISBN (Electronic)	9780444536433
ISBN (Print)	9780444536426
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00206-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013

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Keywords

Climate change
Fen
Holocene
Mire development
Paleoecology
Peat stratigraphy
Plant macrofossils
Raised peat bog
Sphagnum

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