Evidence of Mid-Holocene (Northgrippian Age) Dry Climate Recorded in Organic Soil Profiles in the Central Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States

Evidence of Mid-Holocene (Northgrippian Age) Dry Climate Recorded in Organic Soil Profiles in the Central Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States

Peatlands in Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge hold a pedomemory of Pleistocene and Holocene climatic fluctuations in the central Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. A field investigation profiling 88 organic soil profiles, coupled with 52 radiocarbon dates and peat accumulation...

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Main Authors: Mitzy L. Schaney, James S. Kite, Christopher R. Schaney, James A. Thompson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: MDPI AG 2021
Subjects:
peat stratigraphy
peat humification
Histosols
Canaan Valley
mid-Holocene Climatic Optimum
Appalachian Mountains
Geology
QE1-996.5
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c44cc1cce8e24fb3a5bf9860be1c9994
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