Pickarski, Nadine; Kwiecien, Ola; Djamali, Morteza; Litt, Thomas (2015): (Table 1) Synoptic description of the pollen assemblage superzones (PAS) and pollen assemblage zones (PAZ) of the Lake Van record, eastern Anatolian high plateau, Turkey, 110-135 ka [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.853730, In supplement to: Pickarski, N et al. (2015): Vegetation and environmental changes during the last interglacial in eastern Anatolia (Turkey): a new high-resolution pollen record from Lake Van. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 435, 145-158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.06.015
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Coverage:
Latitude: 38.667000 * Longitude: 42.669000
Minimum Elevation: 1649.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 1649.0 m
Event(s):
Lake_Van * Latitude: 38.667000 * Longitude: 42.669000 * Elevation: 1649.0 m * Lake water depth: c. 357 m * Location: Eastern Anatolian high plateau, Turkey * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: Surface area of 3574 km**2; Volume ~607 km**3; Minimum depth: 14.7 mcblf; Maximum depth: 144.7 mcblf (meter composite below lake floor); Minimum age: 32.7 ka BP, Maximum age: 334.5 ka BP
Parameter(s):
# | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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1 | Pollen zone | Pollen zone | Pickarski, Nadine | Synoptic description of the pollen assemblage superzones (PAS) and pollen assemblage zones (PAZ) | ||
2 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Pickarski, Nadine | Geocode | |
3 | Age, minimum/young | Age min | ka | Pickarski, Nadine | ||
4 | Age, maximum/old | Age max | ka | Pickarski, Nadine | ||
5 | Age, comment | Comm | Pickarski, Nadine | Criteria for lower boundary | ||
6 | Pollen assemblage | Assemblage | Pickarski, Nadine | Visual description | minimum-maximum in % |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
40 data points
Data
1 Pollen zone | 2 Age [ka BP] | 3 Age min [ka] | 4 Age max [ka] | 5 Comm | 6 Assemblage |
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IIIb | 110.80 | 110.1 | 111.5 | Chenopodiaceae > 20% | Chenopodiaceae (15-45%) - Pinus (10-33%) - Artemisia (8-17%) - Poaceae (10-16%) - dec. Quercus (3-8%) - Betula (~ 1%) - Ephedra distachya-type (1-2%) - Juniperus (1-2%) |
IIIc1 | 113.55 | 111.5 | 115.6 | Pinus < 20% | Pinus (15-60%) - dec. Quercus (6-20%) - Poaceae (9-23%) - Artemisia (5-26%) - Chenopodiaceae (4-15%) - Juniperus (1-3%) - Ephedra distachya-type (0-2%) - Betula (0-1%) - Pistacia cf. atlantica (0-1%) |
IIIc2 | 117.95 | 115.6 | 120.3 | Pinus > 30%; disappearance of Carpinus | Pinus (31-62%) - dec. Quercus (16-32%) - Poaceae (4-17%) - Artemisia (2-18%) - Chenopodiaceae (1-5%) - Juniperus (1-3%) - Betula (0-1%) - Ephedra distachya-type (0-1%) |
IIIc3 | 122.20 | 120.3 | 124.1 | Pinus > 20%; disappearance of Ulmus | Dec. Quercus (26-36%) - Pinus (21-53%) - Poaceae (7-12%) - Artemisia (4-10%) - Carpinus cf. betulus (1-3%) - Juniperus (1-3%) - Chenopodiaceae (1-2%) - Betula (0-1%) - Ephedra distachya-type (0-1%) - Pistacia cf. atlantica (0-1%) |
IIIc4 | 125.65 | 124.1 | 127.2 | Carpinus > 10% | Dec. Quercus (18-40%) - Pinus (14-29%) - Artemisia (8-19%) - Poaceae (8-16%) - Carpinus cf. betulus (1-19%) - Juniperus (1-3%) - Chenopodiaceae (1-2%) - Betula (0-2%) - Ulmus (0-2%) - Ephedra distachya-type (0-1%) |
IIIc5 | 128.15 | 127.2 | 129.1 | Quercus > 10%; Ulmus > 2% | Artemisia (19-35%) - Poaceae (16-25%) - Quercus (13-28%) - Ulmus (2-6%) - Betula (2-5%) - Chenopodiaceae (~ 2%) - Pinus (1-14%) - Juniperus (1-2%) - Ephedra distachya-type (0-1%) - Pistacia cf. atlantica (0-1%) |
IIIc6 | 130.15 | 129.1 | 131.2 | Occurrence of Pistacia | Artemisia (16-49%) - Poaceae (7-25%) - Chenopodiaceae (2-52%) - Betula (2-4%) - dec. Quercus (1-13%) - Ephedra distachya-type (0-3%) - Ulmus (0-2%) - Juniperus (0-1%) - Pinus (0-1%) - Pistacia cf. atlantica (0-1%) |
IV | 132.55 | 131.2 | 133.9 | Not defined | Chenopodiaceae (43-65%) - Artemisia (14-26%) - Poaceae (4-10%) - dec. Quercus (1-4%) - Ephedra distachya-type (0-3%) - Betula (0-2%) - Pinus (0-1%) |