Palynological sampling series in Kobuleti area
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Georgian National Museum, Institute of Palaeobiology |
| Country | Georgia  |
| Time period | 1972-2003 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Kobuleti |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Palaeoclimatic indicators and parameters; Sediment age |
| Instruments | Rock dredges |
| Description | |
| Summary | Total palynomorphs quantity in Kobuleti area is 176. In Atlantic periods palynospectra dominated Pterocarya and Castanea pollen. Very rich taxonomically composition is in Sphagnum bog Ispani II deposits. Pollen evidence from bog in lowland Kobuleti area shows that 4500 years ago Castanea (chestnut) dominated woods rapidly declined to be replaced by alder swamps and later, during the first millennium BC, by open, marshy landscapes in which fire played a prominent part. Around 1900 years ago Sphagnum blanket bog encroached on the marshes and dense Fagus-Carpinus (beech-hornbeam) forests were clear-felled and marshes were drained for large-scale, mechanized agriculture. To a much greater degree, episodes of coastal subsidence, sea-level rise and human impact have shaped the vegetation history of coastal zone of Kobuleti. |
| Originators | Georgian National Museum, Institute of Palaeobiology |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Georgian National Museum, Institute of Palaeobiology |
| Availability | Academic |
| Contact | Dr. Eliso Kvavadze (Senior Research Scientist) |
| Address | Georgian National Museum, Institute of Palaeobiology |
| Telephone | 995 32 93 12 82 |
| Facsimile | 995 32 98 21 33 |
| ekvavadze@mail.ru | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO) |
| Local identifier | 39015004 |
| Global identifier | 1927 |
| Last revised | 2009-02-04 |
