Fossil pollen record of composite sediment core TMD from Tso Moriri, analysis of modern surface pollen samples, mean annual precipitation reconstruction, and digitisation and recalibration of different discussed palaeoclimate proxy records, supplement to: Leipe, Christian; Demske, Dieter; Tarasov, Pavel E (2014): A Holocene pollen record from the northwestern Himalayan lake Tso Moriri: Implications for palaeoclimatic and archaeological research. Quaternary International, 348, 93-112

• Main Authors: Leipe, Christian, Demske, Dieter, Tarasov, Pavel E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2013
• Subjects: Alpine Lake; Indian; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.808958; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.808958

This paper presents a new fossil pollen record from Tso Moriri (32°54'N, 78°19'E, 4512 m a.s.l.) and seeks to reconstruct changes in mean annual precipitation (MAP) during the last 12,000 years. This high-alpine lake occupies an area of 140 km**2 in a glacial-tectonic valley in the northwe...