A late Quaternary loess – paleosol record at Kurtak, southern Siberia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Chlachula, J., Rutter, N. W., Evans, M. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1997
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yenisey; yenisey river; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e17-054; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e17-054

A high-resolution paleoclimatic record for the last two glacial – interglacial cycles has been documented at Kurtak in southern Siberia. A unique, 34 m high late Quaternary loess section (section 29) with a series of 32 variably developed paleosol horizons provides evidence of a strongly fluctuating...