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HYDROLOGIE VAN DE PINGO 'VAGEVUUR' (NIETAP, DR.) IN HET LAAT-GLACIAAL EN VROEG-HOLOCEEN

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  • H. Woldring

Samenvatting

The occurrence of tree stubs in a pingo scar known as 'Vagevuur' in the north of the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands, is discussed. The stubs are largely submersed with only the upper­most part emerging from the water. A wood sample of one of the stubs appears to belong to Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) and has been radio­carbon dated to the early 8th millennium (7900±30 BP). The distribution of the stubs dis­plays an oval pattern, which suggests that the trees grew along the edge of a former bog or pool. This provides evidence about the shape and extent of the pool at the start of the 8th millennium. The small size of the pool indicates a dry elimate in this period. The chronostratigraphical, sedimen­tary and palynological evidence obtained from several corings indicates that the area covered by water measured c. 100 m in diameter during the Younger Dryas. 

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2001-12-14

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