Multiproxy evidence for abrupt climate change impacts on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the Ol'khon region of Lake Baikal, central Asia

Quaternary International

Volumn 290-291, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-56

  Mackay, Anson W ^a   Bezrukova, Elena V ^b   Boyle, John F ^c   Holmes, Jonathan A ^a   Panizzo, Virginia N ^a   Piotrowska, Natalia ^d   Shchetnikov, Alexander ^e   Shilland, Ewan M ^a   Tarasov, Pavel ^f   White, Dustin ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; LAKE WATER; LITTLE ICE AGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OSTRACOD; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CENTRAL ASIA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CANDONA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; PEDIASTRUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84875524882     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.09.031     Document Type: Article

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