Palaeoecological evidence of changes in vegetation and climate during the Holocene in the pre-Polar Urals, northeast European Russia

• Main Authors: Kultti, S., Väliranta, M., Sarmaja-Korjonen, K., Solovieva, N., Virtanen, T., Kauppila, T., Eronen, M.
• Other Authors: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos, Bio- och miljövetenskaper, Institutionen för
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2005
• Subjects: Holocene; northern Russia; tree-line; lake-level changes; palaeoclimate; Mezhgornoe; Arctic; taiga
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1975/276

This study investigated Holocene tree-line history and climatic change in the pre-Polar Urals, northeast European Russia. A sediment core from Mezhgornoe Lake situated at the present-day alpine tree-line was studied for pollen, plant macrofossils, Cladocera and diatoms. A peat section from Vangyr Mi...