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Atlantic stage  

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  • The Atlantic in palaeoclimatology was the warmest and moistest Blytt–Sernander period, pollen zone and chronozone of Holocene northern Europe. The climate was generally warmer than today. It was preceded by the Boreal, with a climate similar to today's, and was followed by the Subboreal, a transition to the modern. Because it was the warmest period of the Holocene, the Atlantic is often referenced more directly as the Holocene climatic optimum, or just climatic optimum, characterized by the presence of oak, elm, linden and ivy, from 8,000 to 5,000 years B.P. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_(period))

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  • Atlantic chronozone
  • Atlantic palynozone

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