Pollen record and age determiation of sediments from the Labaz Lake area ...

Pollen records from perennially frozen sequences provide vegetation and climate reconstruction for the last 48,000 14C years in the central part of Taymyr Peninsula. Open larch forest with Alnus fruticosa and Betula nana grew during the Kargin (Middle Weichselian) Interstade, ca. 48,000-25,000 14C y...

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Main Authors: Andreev, Andrei A, Siegert, Christine, Klimanov, Vladimir A, Derevyagin, Aleksandr Yu, Shilova, Galina N, Melles, Martin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2002
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.726788
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.726788
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Summary:Pollen records from perennially frozen sequences provide vegetation and climate reconstruction for the last 48,000 14C years in the central part of Taymyr Peninsula. Open larch forest with Alnus fruticosa and Betula nana grew during the Kargin (Middle Weichselian) Interstade, ca. 48,000-25,000 14C yr B.P. The climate was generally warmer and wetter than today. Open steppe-like communities with Artemisia, Poaceae, Asteraceae, and herb tundralike communities with dwarf Betula and Salix dominated during the Sartan (Late Weichselian) Stade, ca. 24,000-10,300 14C yr B.P. The statistical information method used for climate reconstruction shows that the coldest climate was ca. 20,000-17,000 14C yr B.P. A warming (Allerød Interstade?) with mean July temperature ca. 1.5°C warmer than today occurred ca. 12,000 14C yr B.P. The following cooling with temperatures about 3°-4°C cooler than present and precipitation about 100 mm lower corresponds well with the Younger Dryas Stade. Tundra-steppe vegetation changed to Betula ... : Supplement to: Andreev, Andrei A; Siegert, Christine; Klimanov, Vladimir A; Derevyagin, Aleksandr Yu; Shilova, Galina N; Melles, Martin (2002): Late Pleistocene and Holocene Vegetation and Climate on the Taymyr Lowland, Northern Siberia. Quaternary Research, 57(1), 138-150 ...