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    STUDIA GEOLOGIA - Issue no. 1 / 2008  
         
  Article:   PLANT MACROFOSSILS ANALYSIS FROM STEREGOIU NW ROMANIA: TAPHONOMY, REPRESENTATION, AND COMPARISON WITH POLLEN ANALYSIS.

Authors:  ANGELICA FEURDEAN, OLE BENNIKE. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  This paper presents the results of macrofossil analysis from Steregoiu sequence in the Gutâiului Mountains covering the last 8,000 cal BP. The studied peat deposit is characterized by abundant macrofossils. Their diversity is, however, low with most remains coming from plants that grew on the mire and in the forest surrounding the basin (Carex spp., Cyperus sp., Urtica dioica, Potentilla erecta, Filipendula ulmaria, Rubus idaeus, Lycopus europaeus). The concentration of Picea abies macrofossils correlates partially well with its pollen percentages, and only when it has apparently been present on the bog surface. The absence of macrofossils from deciduous trees, which were abundant in the surrounding vegetation according to the pollen data, suggests that these deciduous trees taxa were not growing on the bog or around its margins. The combined macrofossil and the pollen results assists in the understanding of the differences between the local and regional flora.  
         
     
         
         
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