Fig. 2: Comparison of changes in vegetation around the five selected volcanic deposits.
From: Volcanic impact on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the Eastern Mediterranean
a Simplified pollen diagram of Lake Van (in %) showing the relative abundance of arboreal pollen (dark red) and deciduous Quercus (light red)29,30,31,32. Marine Isotope Stages (MIS)67 are indicated. b Representative diagrams of V-18a, V-60, V-176, V-233a, and V-237 including pollen percentages and annual accumulation rates (grains cm−2 yr−1), aquatic and non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP), microscopic charcoal particles, and geochemical measurements34,37. High deposition rates are indicated numerically. Each pollen diagram shows varve-years relative to the volcanic ash deposition (orange bar). The light-yellow bars characterize either disturbed sedimentation, banded lamina, and/or event layers (see Table 1 and Supplementary Figs. 1, 4, 6, 8, and 10).
