Topography-based identification of a palaeopeat-bog at Isera, near Rovereto (Trento, Italy) and first stratigraphic, radiocarbon and palynological results

Abstract

The paper gives the preliminary results of a study carried out for the identification of a palaeopeat-bog located at approximately 210 m a.s.l., on the western slope of Vallagarina, on the hydrologica! right of the River Adige, near Isera in the neighborhood of Rovereto (prov. of Trento, N Italy). The research was based on geomorphological and geophysical studies on the area of the peat-bog, as well as on radiocarbon dating and pollen analyses of sediments from a core drilling. Climatic changes and forest history as put in evidence by radiocarbon dating are illustrated for a period ranging from the Late-Glacial to the Holocene. Environmental modifications ascribable to the Man impact are also highlighted.