a b s t r a c tIn this study, palaeoenvironmental changes recorded in the top metre of a peat profile (Misten bog, East Belgium) were investigated using a multiproxy approach. Proxies include bulk density, Ti and Si content, pollen, macrofossils, d13 C on specific Sphagnum stems, and d 13Ced 18O on Sphagnum leaves. A highresolution chronology was generated using 210 Pb measurements and 22 14 C AMS dates on carefully selected Sphagnum macrofossils. d 13C only records large change in mire surface wetness. This is partly due to the fact that the core was taken from the edge of a hummock, which may make it difficult to track small isotopic changes. The d 13 C signal seems to be dependent upon the Sphagnum species composition.For example, a change between Sphagnum section Cuspidata towards Sphagnum imbricatum causes a significant drop in the d 13 C values. On the whole, the C and O isotopes record two shallow pool phases during the 8the9th and the 13th centuries. Pollen and atmospheric soil dust (ASD) fluxes records increased human occupation in the area. There may be some climatic signals in the ASD flux, but they are difficult to decipher from the increasing human impact (land clearance, agriculture) during the last millennium. The variations in the proxies are not always synchronous, suggesting different triggering factors (temperature, wetness, windiness) for each proxy. This study also emphasizes that, compared to studies dealing with pollution using geochemical proxies, palaeoclimatic inferences from peat bogs need as many proxies as possible, together with highly accurate and precise age-models, in order to better understand climate variability and their consequences during the Holocene.
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