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Last Glacial Maximum Vegetation

Reconstructed vegetation cover at the Last Glacial Maximum period ~18,000 years ago, describing the type of vegetation cover present, based on fossil pollen samples recovered from lake and bog sediments.

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Source: http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/paleo/paleoclimate/viewer.htm

Original source has moved. Image seems to be from data used for:

Ray, N. and J. M. Adams. 2001. A GIS-based Vegetation Map of the World at the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000-15,000 BP). Internet Archaeology 11. [1] [2]

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