Late Pleistocene to Holocene vegetation and climate changes in northwestern Chukotka (Far East Russia) deduced from lakes Ilirney and Rauchuagytgyn pollen records

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Andreev, Andrei, Raschke, Elena, Biskaborn, Boris (Prof.), Vyse, Stuart Andrew, Courtin, Jérémy, Böhmer, Thomas, Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R. (Dr.), Kruse, Stefan (Dr.), Pestryakova, Luidmila A. (Prof. Dr.), Herzschuh, Ulrike (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: ddc:550; Institut für Biochemie und Biologie; Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie; Ilirney; Chukotka; Tundra
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63968; https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12521

This paper presents two new pollen records and quantitative climate reconstructions from northern Chukotka documenting environmental changes over the last 27.9 ka. Open tundra- and steppe-like habitats dominated between 27.9 and 18.7 cal. ka BP. Betula and Alnus shrubs might have grown in sheltered...