Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to Dansgaard–Oeshger cycles and Heinrich-events: A 28,000-year record of environmental changes from SE Hungary

Climate change in the Carpathian-Balkan Area. Advancing research and cooperation

“…Also cold phases were found that correlate with Heinrich event 2 and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). These data overall confirm that millennial-scale climate variability during Marine Isotope Stage 2 had profound effects on the terrestrial ecosystems in the continental interior of SE Europe (Sümegi et al, 2013). Kuhlemann et al (2013) performed a detailed study of the maximum glaciation in the Rila massif, Bulgaria (Fig.…”

History of Larix decidua Mill. (European larch) since 130 ka

“…In addition, Lake Feh er documents a decrease of Larix and cold-steppic taxa concomitant to an increase of Picea in the two bracketing intervals (c. 28e26.4 ka, FT1 and c. 24.9e23.2 ka, FT-3), which correlates to DeO 3 and DeO 2 (Sümegi et al, 2013). In Lake Feh er and in Nagymohos, located in the north-eastern Hungarian Mountains, Larix is present during the LGM (Magyari, 2002;Magyari et al, 1999;Sümegi et al, 2013). In addition, Larix and Picea-Larix charcoals dated to the HS 2 and the LGM are found in the Pannonian Plain (Gaborí-Cs ank, 1960;Geyh et al, 1969;Vogel and Waterbolk, 1964;Willis and van Andel, 2004).…”

“…In the Hungarian Plain, detailed inferences can be based on a recent investigation of Lake Feh er (86 m a.s.l.) (Sümegi et al, 2013). As in Lago della Costa, pollen evidence of Larix and of cold-steppic taxa increase prior to the LGM (c. 26.4e24.9 ka, FT-2), at a time corresponding to HS 2 (Sümegi et al, 2013).…”

“…(Sümegi et al, 2013). As in Lago della Costa, pollen evidence of Larix and of cold-steppic taxa increase prior to the LGM (c. 26.4e24.9 ka, FT-2), at a time corresponding to HS 2 (Sümegi et al, 2013). In addition, Lake Feh er documents a decrease of Larix and cold-steppic taxa concomitant to an increase of Picea in the two bracketing intervals (c. 28e26.4 ka, FT1 and c. 24.9e23.2 ka, FT-3), which correlates to DeO 3 and DeO 2 (Sümegi et al, 2013).…”

Preliminary environmental historical results to reconstruct prehistoric human-environmental interactions in Eastern Hungary

“…12,000 calBP years on the Great Hungarian Plain [5,[64][65][66][67], and this minerorganic lake layer was found in the bottom of the Csárdaszállás profile. Furthermore, sedimentation rates in the region average 1 cm per 80-100 years, and these values were used in conjunction with parallels in the pollen changes [6] to extrapolate temporal periods from the AMS date.…”