Holocene climate conditions in central Yakutia (Eastern Siberia) inferred from sediment composition and fossil chironomids of Lake Temje

Quaternary International

Volumn 290-291, Issue , 2013, Pages 264-274

  Nazarova, Larisa ^a,b   Lüpfert, Herman ^a   Subetto, Dmitry ^c   Pestryakova, Ludmila ^d   Diekmann, Bernhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^d NORTH EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; TELECONNECTION; TRACE FOSSIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; SIBERIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84876184349     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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