Pollen analysis of late Pleistocene and Holocene sediments from the Adriatic sea

Pollen analysis of two cores from the bottom of the Adriatic sea (Adr. 309, -929 m, 41°49.1' N, 17°11.4' E and Adr. 353, -1207 m, 42°07.2' N, 17°38.0' E) has shown that a period with high Pinus and Artemisia values and an intermediate one with much Pinus, but little or almost no Artemisia pollen was followed by a period with a dominance of thermophilous deciduous trees, among them mediterrenean species. These changes of the pollen flora reflect the change from an open, but not treeless vegetation of late Würmian age (= last glacial period) to a postglacial forest vegetation (intermediate and final phases). This dating is essentially the same as the one given by van Straaten (1966) when studying the mollusc fauna of the same cores. […]