Subboreal

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ Boreal

Proper noun

Subboreal

1. A climactic period that is a subdivision of the Holocene epoch running from approximately 3710 to 450 BCE.
   • 1955, Willem van Zeist, Pollen analytical investigations in the northern Netherlands:

     According to Iversen the steep decline of Hedera must be effected by a change of climate, viz. a fall in winter temperatures which would be characteristic of the Subboreal time.

   • 2006, E. M. Scott, Andrey Yu. Alekseev, Ganna Zaitseva, Impact of the Environment on Human Migration in Eurasia, →ISBN:

     The people had a significant effect on the vegetation in the Subboreal (accelerated replacement of deciduous trees by Picea).

   • 2014, R. Fantechi, N.S. Margaris, Desertification in Europe, →ISBN:

     Results obtained from disciplines as varied as pollen analysis, geomorphology and archeology point at more humid and cool climate for the beginning of the Subboreal (5.500 – +/- 4.000 BP) (28) (32) (18) in the Levant.

Alternative forms

• Sub-Boreal, subboreal

Anagrams

• belabours