Two Late Quaternary Pollen Records from the Upper Kolyma Region, Soviet Northeast: A Preliminary Report

• Main Authors: Anderson, P. M., Brubaker, L. b., Andreev, A. A., Chernenky, B. I., Federova, I. N.
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE QUATERNARY RESEARCH CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Geography; Forestry; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *CLIMATE; *POLLEN; *RECORDS; *TUNDRA; *VEGETATION; *USSR; *GLACIERS; CONTRAST; DRAINAGE; FORESTS; HISTORY; LAKES; REGIONS; SHRUBS; SITES; SPECTRA; SYMPOSIA; TREES; Elikchan; Kolyma; Ice; permafrost; Tundra; Beringia
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP007350; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP007350

Pollen records from Sosednee and Elikchan Lakes provide the first continuous late Quaternary vegetation history for the upper Kolyma drainage of the Soviet Northeast. Full-glacial spectra at these sites are similar to those from Eastern Beringia, with high percentages of grass, sedge, and wormwood p...