Variations of the tree line and glaciers in the Central and Eastern Altai regions in the Holocene

Variations in the tree line position and glacier activity in the Central and Eastern Altai regions in the Holocene were reconstructed on the basis of analysis of sixty radiocarbon and eighteen dendrochronological dates. The tree line was higher than now in the Early and Middle Holocene, and the clim...

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Published inDoklady earth sciences Vol. 444; no. 2; pp. 787 - 790
Main Authors Nazarov, A. N., Solomina, O. N., Myglan, V. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.06.2012
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Analysis
Carbon
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geography
Glaciers
Holocene
Paleogeography
Toy industry
Trees
Altai Mountains
Glacier Valley
Holocene
Tree Line
Tree Ring Chronology
Ancient Wood
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Summary:Variations in the tree line position and glacier activity in the Central and Eastern Altai regions in the Holocene were reconstructed on the basis of analysis of sixty radiocarbon and eighteen dendrochronological dates. The tree line was higher than now in the Early and Middle Holocene, and the climate was warmer and, likely, more humid. Glaciers advanced in the forests 300, 1400, and 3000–6000 years ago. In the last millennium the forest decline at the upper tree limit occurred in 1206–1256, 1445–1501, and 1642–1736.
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ISSN:1028-334X
1531-8354
DOI:10.1134/S1028334X12060244