New insights into the Weichselian environment and climate of the East Siberian Arctic, derived from fossil insects, plants, and mammals

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 533-569

  Sher, A V ^a   Kuzmina, S A ^b   Kuznetsova, T V ^c   Sulerzhitsky, L D ^d  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COASTAL ZONES; DEGRADATION; PERMAFROST; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE;

BIOME; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; ICE WEDGES; RADIOCARBON DATES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; WEICHSELIAN;

BYKOVSKY PENINSULA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; SIBERIA; WORLD;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 14744306489     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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