Past climate and vegetation in Southeast Bulgaria——a study based on the late Miocene pollen record from the Tundzha Basin  

作　　者：Dimiter Ivanov Maria Lazarova 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《Journal of Palaeogeography》2019年第1期43-67,共25页古地理学报（英文版）

基　　金：Project B1525/2005 NSF of Bulgaria

摘　　要：The results of palynological studies on the late Miocene freshwater deposits of the Tundzha Basin(Southeast Bulgaria, SE Europe) are presented. The basin is relatively well known in terms of geology and palaeogeography.The age of sediments in the Tundzha Basin ranges between the late Miocene to the Pliocene, based on mammal and diatom fossils. We carried out a palynological analysis of clayey sediments interlayered with coal beds from four cores and from one outcrop, aiming to obtain information about the composition and the structure of fossil vegetation. The ratios between the main floristic elements and the composition of the fossil flora are analysed and discussed from a palaeoecological point of view. Several main vegetation palaeocommunities were recorded:swamp forests, mixed mesophytic, communities of aquatic plants, and herbaceous palaeocoenoses. The changes in vegetation and in plant diversity are identified. The palaeoclimate analysis indicates a warm temperature climate with high rainfall and mild winter temperatures, without seasonal drier conditions. The early Pontian climate was about 3–4 ℃ warmer than today, with rainfalls per year at least 300 mm higher than today. The results of palaeoecological analysis of the flora and of the quantitative palaeoclimate data show that the climate in the Southeast Bulgaria indicates a climate change towards slight cooling and some drying. This event is consistent with the period of accumulation of the upper, undivided part of the Elhovo Formation.The results of palynological studies on the late Miocene freshwater deposits of the Tundzha Basin(Southeast Bulgaria, SE Europe) are presented. The basin is relatively well known in terms of geology and palaeogeography.The age of sediments in the Tundzha Basin ranges between the late Miocene to the Pliocene, based on mammal and diatom fossils. We carried out a palynological analysis of clayey sediments interlayered with coal beds from four cores and from one outcrop, aiming to obtain information about the composition and the structure of fossil vegetation. The ratios between the main floristic elements and the composition of the fossil flora are analysed and discussed from a palaeoecological point of view. Several main vegetation palaeocommunities were recorded:swamp forests, mixed mesophytic, communities of aquatic plants, and herbaceous palaeocoenoses. The changes in vegetation and in plant diversity are identified. The palaeoclimate analysis indicates a warm temperature climate with high rainfall and mild winter temperatures, without seasonal drier conditions. The early Pontian climate was about 3–4 ℃ warmer than today, with rainfalls per year at least 300 mm higher than today. The results of palaeoecological analysis of the flora and of the quantitative palaeoclimate data show that the climate in the Southeast Bulgaria indicates a climate change towards slight cooling and some drying. This event is consistent with the period of accumulation of the upper, undivided part of the Elhovo Formation.

关 键 词：PALYNOLOGY PALAEOBOTANY COEXISTENCE approach NEOGENE Tundzha BASIN Bulgaria 

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