Late Glacial and Holocene vegetational history of the Altai Mountains (southwestern Tuva Republic, Siberia)

• Published in: Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology Vol. 245; no. 3; pp. 518 - 534
• Main Authors: Blyakharchuk, T.A., Wright, H.E., Borodavko, P.S., van der Knaap, W.O., Ammann, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 16.03.2007
• Subjects: Abies; Altai Mountains; Artemisia; Betula; Chenopodiaceae; Climate; Holocene; Larix; Late Glacial; Picea; Pinus sibirica; Pollen; Tuva; Vegetation; Mongolia; Russia, Siberia, Altai Mts; Russia, Siberia; A, Atlantic; Altai Mountains; Climate; Vegetation; Pollen; Tuva; Holocene; Late Glacial

Two lakes of glacial origin (Grusha at 2413 m and Akkol at 2204 m) are located on a broad high-mountain plateau on the dry eastern end of the Russian Altai Mountains in the Republic of Tuva, just north of Mongolia. The present vegetation of the area is an open high-mountain tundra–steppe mosaic, wit...