Download or read book Handbook of Holocene Palaeoecology and Palaeohydrology written by B. E. Berglund and published by . This book was released on 1986-03-26 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook reviews the key palaeoecological methods applied to primarily organic lake and mire deposits. Particular attention is paid to Holocene environmental changes in the temperate zone, but most methods can be applied to older Quaternary deposits and to areas outside the temperate zone. The need for uniform methods of correlating stratigraphical data on a continental scale is emphasized.