How a Sphagnum fuscum-dominated bog changed into a calcareous fen: The unique Holocene history of a Slovak spring-fed mire

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-243

  Hájková, Petra ^a,b,i   Grootjans, Ab ^c,d   Lamentowicz, Mariusz ^e   Rybníčková, Eliška ^b   Madaras, Mikuláš ^f   Opravilová, Věra ^a   Michaelis, Dierk ^g   Hájek, Michal ^a,b   Joosten, Hans ^g   Wolejko, Leslaw ^h  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f DAPHNE R Institute of Applied Ecology   (Slovakia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^h WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

ⁱ CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calcite precipitation; Fen development; Hydrology; Multi proxy; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CALCITE; FEN; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STRATIGRAPHY;

CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

ALNUS; ANIMALIA; EQUISETUM; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM; THELYPTERIS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84859575223     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1534     Document Type: Article

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