Thermokarst formation and vegetation dynamics inferred from a palynological study in central Yakutia, eastern Siberia, Russia

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 561-570

  Katamura, Fumitaka ^a   Fukuda, Masami ^a   Bosikov, Nikolai P ^b   Desyatkin, Roman V ^c   Nakamura, Toshio ^d   Moriizumi, Jun ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MELNIKOV PERMAFROST INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CRYOLITHOZONE   (Russian Federation)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECORD; THERMOKARST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER LEVEL;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

LARIX;

EID: 33845389900     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[561:TFAVDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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