Vegetation and Climate Change During the Late- Glacial- Holocene in Iran A Case Study From Lake Neor in NW Iran

In this study we used pollen analysis for reconstruction of the past vegetation and paleoclimate of Lake Neor area located in the northwest of Iran. We detected the Late glacial,Younger Dryas and early Holocene by interpretation of pollen diagram of Neor Lake. As a result, the pollen analysis as well as dating results revealed some climatic events in Lake Neor area in the north-west of Iran. We also used some pollen ratios for detecting the wet and dry phases during early Holocene. The interpretation of pollen diagram of Lake Neor suggested that the forest- steppe vegetation cover with Artemisia dominated in the Neor region during early Holocene. There are also some evidences that show the usefulness of palynology method as an appropriate paleoclimatic technique in Lake Neor area for understanding the vegetation change in the context of the global climate change during late-glacial to mid-Holocene.