Week 2 - A Proxy Record Of Late Holocene Climate Change From May Moss, Northeast England Flashcards
1
Q
What does the success of peat paleoclimate research depend on?
A
The sensitivity of mire systems to changes in effective precipitation (precipitation minus losses through evapotranspiration)
2
Q
In mires, what is the most important environmental factor that controls the distribution of testate amoebae species?
A
Surface wetness