Late Weichselian pollen stratigraphy, clay varve chronology and paleomagnetic secular variations in Lake Bolmen, Smaland, south Sweden

Pollen analysis. glacial varve chronology and palaeomagnetic measurements w ere carried out on Late Weichselian lake-sediment, from Southwestern Smalan d, south Sweden. The sequence is correlated to the GRIP event stratigraphy. expressed in calendar years BP, and covers the period from the deglaciatio n at c. 14400 to 11 300 calendar years BP. The series encompasses c. 930 va rves and has been connected to the local varve chronology. Varve thickness increases markedly after the Older Dryas stadial, which indicates an accele rated deglaciation and melting of dead ice, The pollen diagram displays the vegetation development from the deglaciation at c. 14400 calendar years BP to the transition to the Holocene. The vegetation succession start, with a n arctic pioneer vegetation at the deglaciation, changes to a more stable t undra environment and displays a development which concurs with the traditi onal lateglacial pollen stratigraphy for southern Sweden, A palaeomagnetic secular variation curve is presented displaying two westerly declination sw ings at 14 200-13 800 and 12 800-11 600 calendar years BP, respectively. Th e upper one can be recognized from other palaeomagnetic stratigraphies from southern Sweden and Estonia.