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Citation

McCulloch RD, Mansilla CA, Morello F, De Pol-Holz R, San Roman M, Tisdall E & Torres J (2019) Late glacial and Holocene landscape change and rapid climate and coastal impacts in the Canal Beagle, southernmost Patagonia. Journal of Quaternary Science, 34 (8), pp. 674-684. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3167

Abstract
Palaeoenvironmental data for the Late Glacial and Holocene periods are provided from Caleta Eugenia, in the eastern sector of Canal Beagle, southernmost Patagonia. The record commences at c. 16 200?cal a bp following glacier retreat in response to climatic warming. However, cooler conditions persisted during the Late Glacial period. The onset of more temperate conditions after c. 12 390?cal a bp is indicated by the arrival of southern beech forest and later establishment at c. 10 640?cal a bp, but the woodland growth was restricted by lower levels of effective moisture. The climate signal is then truncated by a rapid marine incursion at c. 8640?cal a bp which lasted until a more gradual emergence of the coast at c. 6600?cal a bp. During this period the pollen record appears to be dominated by the southern beech woodland. A punctuated hydroseral succession follows the isolation of the site from the sea leading to the re‐establishment of a peat bog. Between c. 5770?cal a bp and the present there were several periods of short rapid climatic change leading to drier conditions, probably as a result of late Holocene periods of climatic warming.

Keywords
pollen analysis; pollen preservation; sea level change; southern westerly winds; tephrochronology

Journal
Journal of Quaternary Science: Volume 34, Issue 8

• Accepted manuscript