Grande Pile Peat Bog
A Continuous Pollen Record for the Last 140,000 Years
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23327730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geneviève M Woillard, Geneviève Woillard (UCLouvain, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0033-5894(78)90079-0 |
| OpenAlex | W1980401510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 122 |
| References cited | 38 |
In the Southern Vosges Mountains, Northeastern France, the Grande Pile peat bog (47° 44′ N, 6°30′14′′ E, 330-m altitude, about 20 m deep) gives a continuous pollen sequence for the last 140,000 years, contrary to others in Northwestern and Central Europe which are all truncated. For the first time, in a region close to the type locatity for the Eem deposits and close to the Würm and Riss stratotypes, palynology demonstrates a complete “glacial-interglacial cycle” offering the possibility of studying the rapid degradation of vegetation at the end of the Last Interglacial, perhaps in sufficient detail to be useful soon in long-term global climate forecasting. The Grande Pile pollen sequence shows, between the classical Eemian Interglacial and the Last (Würm) Glaciation, two temperate intervals interpreted as interglacials (palynological definition): St. Germain I and St. Germain II. These are separated by two very cold phases, probably glacial: Melisey I and Melisey II. This sequence, not easily correlated with the classical European chronology of Woldstedt, agrees well with Frenzel's chronology and, therefore, makes the synchrony of the Alpine glaciations with those of Northern Germany questionable. An attempt is made to correlate the Grande Pile pollen sequence with other chronologies (e.g., deep sea curves based on foraminiferal fauna, oxygen isotopes, and carbonate content, Barbados sea levels, Rocky Mountains sequence) that span the period between 140,000 and 70,000 years BP.
Archaeology · Bog · Chronology · Eemian · Geography · Glacial period · Interglacial · Palynology · Peat · Period (music) · Physical geography · Pollen · Sequence (biology) · Ecology · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Marine and environmental studies · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 122 |
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| Citations per year | 2,6 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2026 (48) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 71 |