Pollen abundance in sediment core BY10A, Swan Lake

• Main Authors: Huang, Xiao-zhong, Chen, Chunzhu, Jia, Wan-na, An, Cheng-bang, Zhou, Ai-feng, Zhang, Jia-wu, Jin, Ming, Xia, Dun-sheng, Chen, Fahu, Grimm, Eric C
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: AGE; Artemisia; Betula; BY10A; Caryophyllaceae; Celastraceae; Central Tienshan Mountains; northwestern China; Cereal-type; Chenopodiaceae; Compositae; Cruciferae; Cyperaceae; DEPTH; sediment/rock; Elaeagnaceae; Ephedra; Euphorbiaceae; Gentianaceae; Geraniaceae; Hamamelidaceae; Humulus; Iris; Juglandaceae; Labiatae; Leguminosae; Malvaceae; Nitraria; Onagraceae; PCUWI; Picea; Pinus; Piston corer; UWITEC; Plantago; Poaceae; Pollen; total; Polygonaceae; Primulaceae; Ranunculaceae; Rosaceae; Rubiaceae; Salix; Swan Lake; Thalictrum; Ulmus; Umbelliferae; Alpine Lake; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.884462; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.884462

High mountains are humid islands in arid central Asia, and alpine vegetation is sensitive to climate change, especially to temperature variations. Here we present a palynological sequence and discuss the past vegetation and climate changes based on core BY10A from the Swan Lake, an alpine lake situa...