Chironomid record of Late Quaternary climatic and environmental changes from two sites in Central Asia (Tuva Republic, Russia)-local, regional or global causes?

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 705-731

  Ilyashuk, Boris P ^a   Ilyashuk, Elena A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; MOISTURE; SEDIMENTS;

CHIRONOMID FOSSILS; CHIRONOMID RECORD; MOUNTAIN LAKES; SEDIMENT CORES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLY; HOLOCENE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN REGION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TUVA;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 33947505302     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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