Аннотация:The pollen and spores from sediments of the core recovered from the shelf zone
of the East Korea Bay, Eastern Sea (Sea of Japan) were studied. The vegetation
of the northeastern coast of the Korean Peninsula was reconstructed based on
pollen records. The most favorable conditions existed in mid-Holocene for the
development of oak broadleaved forests. Fossil pollen grains of Quercus L. were
studied with application of scanning electron microscope. Six types of fossil
pollen grains were revealed: four types of them were assigned to deciduous oaks
and two types to evergreen oaks. The deciduous oaks Q. dentata, Q. mongolica, and
Q. serrata took significant part in vegetative associations of coast in mid-Holocene
time