The postglacial Pleistocene of the northern Russian mainland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 388-408

  Astakhov, V ^a,b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate change; Northern Russia; Postglacial Late Pleistocene; Subaerial formation

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; INSECT ASSEMBLAGES; INTERGLACIAL STRATA; LATE PLEISTOCENE; NORTHERN RUSSIA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SUBAERIAL FORMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; WEICHSELIAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TIMAN RIDGE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84900396720     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.009     Document Type: Review

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