Paleontological records indicate the occurrence of open woodlands in a dry inland climate at the present-day Arctic coast in western Beringia during the Last Interglacial

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Kienast, Frank, Wetterich, Sebastian, Kuzmina, Svetlana, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Andreev, Andrei A., Tarasov, Pavel, Nazarova, Larisa, Kossler, Annette, Frolova, Larisa, Kunitsky, Viktor V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Yar; Betula nana; laptev; permafrost; Thermokarst; Tundra; Beringia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28805/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28805/1/Kienast_et_al-2011-Paleoontological_records.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.024

Permafrost records, accessible at outcrops along the coast of Oyogos Yar at the Dmitry Laptev Strait, NE-Siberia, provide unique insights into the environmental history of Western Beringia during the Last Interglacial. The remains of terrestrial and freshwater organisms, including plants, coleoptera...