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Abstract

A Late Glacial to Holocene sediment sequence (Co1260, 717 cm) from Lake Dojran, located at the boarder of the F.Y.R. of Macedonia and Greece, has been investigated to provide information on climate variability in the Balkan region. A robust age-model was established from 13 radiocarbon ages, and indicates that the base of the sequence was deposited at ca. 12 500 cal yr BP, when the lake-level was low. Variations in sedimentological (H2 O, TOC, CaCO3 , TS, TOC/TN, TOC/TS, grain-size, XRF, δ18 Ocarb , δ13 Ccarb , δ13 Corg ) data were linked to hydro-acoustic data and indicate that warmer and more humid climate conditions characterised the remaining period of the Younger Dryas until the beginning of the Holocene. The Holocene exhibits significant environmental variations, including the 8.2 and 4.2 ka cooling events, the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age. Human induced erosion processes in the catchment of Lake Dojran intensified after 2800 cal yr BP.

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Title
A Late Glacial to Holocene record of environmental change from Lake Dojran (Macedonia, Greece)
Author
Francke, A.; Wagner, B.; Leng, M. J.; Rethemeyer, J.
First page
481
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
ISSN
18149324
e-ISSN
18149332
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1315212845
Copyright
Copyright Copernicus GmbH 2013