A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia)
Diatom analysis of a sediment core from the Northern basin of Lake Baikal (Siberia) has been carried out with focus on the Kazantsevo Interglacial period (equivalent to the Eemian in Europe). The age model, based on palaeomagnetism, indicates that this stage lasted about 11,000 years in the region o...
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ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:67132 2023-05-15T17:34:43+02:00 A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia) Rioual, P Mackay, AW 2005-04 http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/67132/ unknown ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE , 46 (1-4) 199 - 219. (2005) Lake Baikal Last Interglacial Kazantsevo diatom biovolume accumulation rate CONTINENTAL CLIMATE RESPONSE NORTH-ATLANTIC OCEAN 983 GARDAR DRIFT GEOMAGNETIC PALEOINTENSITY ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE ROCK MAGNETISM CENTRAL-EUROPE SEDIMENTS SUCCESSION INSOLATION Article 2005 ftucl 2016-01-15T01:49:26Z Diatom analysis of a sediment core from the Northern basin of Lake Baikal (Siberia) has been carried out with focus on the Kazantsevo Interglacial period (equivalent to the Eemian in Europe). The age model, based on palaeomagnetism, indicates that this stage lasted about 11,000 years in the region of Lake Baikal, from ca. 128 to 117 ky BP. Diatom data (sampling resolution of 1-cm interval, ca. 130 years), including both relative percentage and biovolume accumulation rate (BVAR) data, are used to infer past limnological conditions and the climatic factors that drove them. Our record reveals that peak interglacial conditions, characterized by highest diatom production, occurred between similar to 124 and 120 ky BP. During that period, the diatom record suggests stable, warm and moist conditions. This climatic optimum is then interrupted by a low amplitude cold event at similar to 120 ky BP. The last part of the interglacial in Lake Baikal, between similar to 120 and similar to 117 ky BP, is marked by colder and probably drier climate. Low-resolution diatom analysis spanning the Kazantsevo was also carried out on another core taken further south at Academician Ridge. Diatom successions at the two sites investigated were remarkably similar suggesting that our sedimentary records are complete and representative for at least a large part of Lake Baikal. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Siberia University College London: UCL Discovery Kazantsevo ENVELOPE(83.779,83.779,69.841,69.841) |
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Lake Baikal Last Interglacial Kazantsevo diatom biovolume accumulation rate CONTINENTAL CLIMATE RESPONSE NORTH-ATLANTIC OCEAN 983 GARDAR DRIFT GEOMAGNETIC PALEOINTENSITY ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE ROCK MAGNETISM CENTRAL-EUROPE SEDIMENTS SUCCESSION INSOLATION |
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Lake Baikal Last Interglacial Kazantsevo diatom biovolume accumulation rate CONTINENTAL CLIMATE RESPONSE NORTH-ATLANTIC OCEAN 983 GARDAR DRIFT GEOMAGNETIC PALEOINTENSITY ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE ROCK MAGNETISM CENTRAL-EUROPE SEDIMENTS SUCCESSION INSOLATION Rioual, P Mackay, AW A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia) |
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Lake Baikal Last Interglacial Kazantsevo diatom biovolume accumulation rate CONTINENTAL CLIMATE RESPONSE NORTH-ATLANTIC OCEAN 983 GARDAR DRIFT GEOMAGNETIC PALEOINTENSITY ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE ROCK MAGNETISM CENTRAL-EUROPE SEDIMENTS SUCCESSION INSOLATION |
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Diatom analysis of a sediment core from the Northern basin of Lake Baikal (Siberia) has been carried out with focus on the Kazantsevo Interglacial period (equivalent to the Eemian in Europe). The age model, based on palaeomagnetism, indicates that this stage lasted about 11,000 years in the region of Lake Baikal, from ca. 128 to 117 ky BP. Diatom data (sampling resolution of 1-cm interval, ca. 130 years), including both relative percentage and biovolume accumulation rate (BVAR) data, are used to infer past limnological conditions and the climatic factors that drove them. Our record reveals that peak interglacial conditions, characterized by highest diatom production, occurred between similar to 124 and 120 ky BP. During that period, the diatom record suggests stable, warm and moist conditions. This climatic optimum is then interrupted by a low amplitude cold event at similar to 120 ky BP. The last part of the interglacial in Lake Baikal, between similar to 120 and similar to 117 ky BP, is marked by colder and probably drier climate. Low-resolution diatom analysis spanning the Kazantsevo was also carried out on another core taken further south at Academician Ridge. Diatom successions at the two sites investigated were remarkably similar suggesting that our sedimentary records are complete and representative for at least a large part of Lake Baikal. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Rioual, P Mackay, AW |
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Rioual, P Mackay, AW |
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Rioual, P |
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A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia) |
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A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia) |
title_full |
A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia) |
title_fullStr |
A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia) |
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A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia) |
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diatom record of centennial resolution for the kazantsevo interglacial stage in lake baikal (siberia) |
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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
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2005 |
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http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/67132/ |
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ENVELOPE(83.779,83.779,69.841,69.841) |
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Kazantsevo |
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Kazantsevo |
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North Atlantic Siberia |
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North Atlantic Siberia |
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GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE , 46 (1-4) 199 - 219. (2005) |
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