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User:SEWilco (Talk | contribs) . . 782×549 (133,566 bytes) (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. Derived from reconstructions by Jonathan Adams in the QEN Atlas, and Ray and Adams (2001).

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

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  • 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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