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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):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Pollen zonePollen zonePickarski, NadineSynoptic description of the pollen assemblage superzones (PAS) and pollen assemblage zones (PAZ)
AGEAgeka BPPickarski, NadineGeocode
Age, minimum/youngAge minkaPickarski, Nadine
Age, maximum/oldAge maxkaPickarski, Nadine
Age, commentCommPickarski, NadineCriteria for lower boundary
Pollen assemblageAssemblagePickarski, NadineVisual descriptionminimum-maximum in %
Size:
40 data points

Data

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Pollen zone

Age [ka BP]

Age min [ka]

Age max [ka]

Comm

Assemblage
IIIb110.80110.1111.5Chenopodiaceae > 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%)
IIIc1113.55111.5115.6Pinus < 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%)
IIIc2117.95115.6120.3Pinus > 30%; disappearance of CarpinusPinus (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%)
IIIc3122.20120.3124.1Pinus > 20%; disappearance of UlmusDec. 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%)
IIIc4125.65124.1127.2Carpinus > 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%)
IIIc5128.15127.2129.1Quercus > 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%)
IIIc6130.15129.1131.2Occurrence of PistaciaArtemisia (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%)
IV132.55131.2133.9Not definedChenopodiaceae (43-65%) - Artemisia (14-26%) - Poaceae (4-10%) - dec. Quercus (1-4%) - Ephedra distachya-type (0-3%) - Betula (0-2%) - Pinus (0-1%)