Pleistocene climate change, natural environments and palaeolithic occupation of the upper Yenisei area, south-central Siberia

The upper Yenisei River area is of major importance for mapping the Pleistocene climate evolution over Siberia. An extensive loess cover with a suite of buried palaeosols from the Northern Minusinsk Basin has provided one of the most complete, high resolution Late Quaternary palaeoclimatic archives...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chlachula, Jiří
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, Pergamon Press 2001
Subjects:
klimatické změny
spraše
vegetační pásma
paleolit
Jenisej
climate change
loess
vegetation zones
paleolithic
Yenisei
Parkland
Yenisei River
Tundra
Siberia
Online Access:http://publikace.k.utb.cz/handle/10563/1000021
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Summary:The upper Yenisei River area is of major importance for mapping the Pleistocene climate evolution over Siberia. An extensive loess cover with a suite of buried palaeosols from the Northern Minusinsk Basin has provided one of the most complete, high resolution Late Quaternary palaeoclimatic archives in north-central Asia. The loess-palaeosol records indicate establishment of periglacial steppe-tundra during cold stadial intervals, replaced by parkland steppe and boreal forest during warm interstadial intervals.

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