In paleoclimatology of the Holocene, the Boreal was the first of
the Blytt-Sernander sequence of north European climatic phases
that were originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs,
named for Axel Blytt and Rutger Sernander, who first established
the sequence. Paleoclimatology (also Palaeoclimatology) is the
study of Climate change taken on the scale of the entire History
of Earth. The Holocene is a Geological epoch which began
approximately 10000 years ago (about 8000 BC The Blytt-Sernander
classification or sequence is a series of north European
climatic periods or phases based on the study of Danish Peat
bogs by Axel Northern Europe is a term for the northern part of
Europe. The United Nations defines Northern Europe as (Finland
Axel Gudbrand Blytt (1843-1898 was a Norwegian botanist His
father was M In peat bog sediments, the Boreal is also
recognized by its characteristic pollen zone. Pollen zones are a
system of subdividing late Pleistocene and early Holocene
paleoclimate using the data from Poll