TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rudaya, Natalia
A1  - Nazarova, Larisa B.
A1  - Novenko, Elena
A1  - Andreev, Andrei
A1  - Kalugin, Ivan
A1  - Daryin, Andrei
A1  - Babich, Valery
A1  - Li, Hong-Chun
A1  - Shilov, Pavel
T1  - Quantitative reconstructions of mid- to late holocene climate and vegetation in the north-eastern altai mountains recorded in lake teletskoye
JF  - Global and planetary change
N2  - We report the first high-resolution (20-50 years) mid- to late Holocene pollen records from Lake Teletskoye, the largest lake in the Altai Mountains, in south-eastern West Siberia. Generally, the mid- to late Holocene (the last 4250 years) vegetation of the north-eastern Altai, as recorded in two studied sediment cores, is characterised by Siberian pine-spruce-fir forests that are similar to those of the present day. A relatively cool and dry interval with July temperatures lower than those of today occurred between 3.9 and 3.6 ka BP. The widespread distribution of open, steppe-like communities with Artemisia, Chenopodiaceae and Cyperaceae reflects maximum deforestation during this interval. After ca. 3.5 ka BP, the coniferous mountain taiga spread significantly, with maximum woody coverage and taiga biome scores between ca. 2.7 and 1.6 ka BP. This coincides well with the highest July temperature (approximately 1 degrees C higher than today) intervals. A short period of cooling about 13-1.4 ka BP could have been triggered by the increased volcanic activity recorded across the Northern Hemisphere. A new period of cooling started around 1100-1150 CE, with the minimum July temperatures occurring between 1450 and 1800 CE. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW  - Mid-late Holocene
KW  - Siberia
KW  - Altai
KW  - Pollen
KW  - Climate
KW  - Vegetation
KW  - Transfer function
KW  - Woody coverage
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.04.002
SN  - 0921-8181
SN  - 1872-6364
VL  - 141
SP  - 12
EP  - 24
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -