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Geologia Croatica, Vol. 77 No. 1, 2024.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.4154/gc.2024.04

First palynological results from Spila nad Procjepom cave, Mljet island (Croatia)

Koraljka Bakrač ; Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb, Croatia
Olena Sirenko ; The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Geological Science, Kyiv, Ukraine
Dario Hruševar ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivona Baniček ; Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb, Croatia
Vibor Novak ; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Quaternary Palaeontology and Geology, Zagreb, Croatia
Nataša Kletečki ; Elementary School Bogumil Toni, Samobor, Croatia
Ankica Oros Sršen ; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Quaternary Palaeontology and Geology, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

This paper presents the first results of palynological research from the Spila nad Procjepom cave, situated in the Mljet National Park, Croatia. The palynological data obtained, enables a partial insight into the local vegetation cover, temporal changes in the vegetation during the accumulation of studied deposits (at ca. 3500 cal years BP), and post-depositional processes that influenced the palynomorph assemblage. Results of palynofacies analysis indicate changes from fluvial (channel deposits), through palustrine to terrestrial environments. Although the interpretation of changes in plant cover, due to the lack of statistical significance, should be taken with caution, preserved pollen types confirm the dominance of the Mediterranean evergreen forest vegetation on Mljet island. Moreover, a high proportion of non-arboreal pollen (NAP) indicates some level of forest degradation, ranging from Mediterranean open forest to degraded maquis. Abundant charcoal additionaly confirms that the cave was inhabited by humans.

Keywords

Adriatic Sea; Holocene; hydrological changes; Mediterranean Biogeographical Region; palynofacies; palynomorphs; palaeoenvironment; pollen

Hrčak ID:

314669

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/314669

Publication date:

28.2.2024.

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