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Anthropogenic and climate signals in late-Holocene peat layers of an ombrotrophic bog in the Styrian Enns valley (Austrian Alps)
Wolfgang Knierzinger
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Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna,
Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Ruth Drescher-Schneider
Schillingsdorfer Straße 27, 8010 Kainbach bei Graz, Austria
Klaus-Holger Knorr
Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry Group, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster,
Heisenbergstraße 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
Simon Drollinger
Department of Physical Geography, University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 5, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Andreas Limbeck
Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Technical University Vienna, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
Lukas Brunnbauer
Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Technical University Vienna, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
Felix Horak
Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Technical University Vienna, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
Daniela Festi
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian
Academy of Sciences, Technikerstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Michael Wagreich
Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna,
Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Laura Clark, Ian B. Strachan, Maria Strack, Nigel T. Roulet, Klaus-Holger Knorr, and Henning Teickner
Biogeosciences, 20, 737–751, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-737-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-737-2023, 2023
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Henning Teickner and Klaus-Holger Knorr
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Leandra Stephanie Emilia Praetzel, Nora Plenter, Sabrina Schilling, Marcel Schmiedeskamp, Gabriele Broll, and Klaus-Holger Knorr
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Short summary
We present multi-proxy analyses of a 14C-dated peat core covering the past ⁓5000 years from the ombrotrophic Pürgschachen Moor. Pronounced increases in cultural indicators suggest significant human activity in the Bronze Age and in the period of the late La Tène culture. We found strong, climate-controlled interrelations between the pollen record, the humification degree and the ash content. Human activity is reflected in the pollen record and by heavy metals.
We present multi-proxy analyses of a 14C-dated peat core covering the past ⁓5000 years from the...
