Plant macrofossil records from permafrost deposits of the Bol'shoy Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Archipelago)

• Main Authors: Kienast, Frank, Schirrmeister, Lutz
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: Agrostis sp.; Alnus fruticosa; Alopecurus sp.; Alyssum biovulatum; Androsace septentrionalis; Area/locality; Artemisia sp.; Asteraceae sp.; AWI_PerDyn; AWI Arctic Land Expedition; Batrachium sp.; Betulaceae; Betula fruticosa; Betula nana; Betula sp.; Boschniakia rossica; Brassicaceae indeterminata; Calamagrostis sp.; Callitriche hermaphroditica; Caltha palustris; Carex aquatilis; Carex cf. sect. Temnemis; Carex duriuscula; Carex sect. Phacocystis; Carex sp.; Carex supina; Caryophyllaceae indeterminata; Cerastium beeringianum; Cerastium cf. regelii; Cerastium jenissejense; cf. Corydalis sp.; cf. Lesquerella arctica; cf. Saxifraga hieracifolia; Chara sp.; Chenopodiaceae indeterminata; Chenopodium sp.; Chrysosplenium alternifolium; Comarum palustre; Cyperaceae indeterminata; Deschampsia sp.; Descurainia sophioides; Draba sp.; Dryas octopetala; ELEVATION; Empetrum nigrum; Epilobium davuricum; Epilobium palustre; Eriophorum angustifolium; Eriophorum brachyantherum; Eriophorum cf. gracile; Arctic; Eriophorum; laptev; permafrost; Saxifraga hieracifolia; Subarctic; Thermokarst; Tundra; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.882619; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.882619

To evaluate the consequences of possible future climate changes and to identify the main climate drivers in high latitudes, the vegetation and climate in the East Siberian Arctic during the last interglacial are reconstructed and compared with Holocene conditions. Plant macrofossils from permafrost...