Holocene Treeline History and Climate Change Across Northern Eurasia
@article{MacDonald2000HoloceneTH, title={Holocene Treeline History and Climate Change Across Northern Eurasia}, author={Glen M. MacDonald and Andreĭ Alekseevich Velichko and Constantin V. Kremenetski and Olga Borisova and Aleksandra A. Goleva and Andrei A. Andreev and Les C. Cwynar and Richard T. Riding and Steven L. Forman and Thomas W. D. Edwards and Ram{\'o}n Aravena and Dan Hammarlund and Julian M. Szeicz and Valery N. Gattaulin}, journal={Quaternary Research}, year={2000}, volume={53}, pages={302 - 311} }
Abstract Radiocarbon-dated macrofossils are used to document Holocene treeline history across northern Russia (including Siberia). Boreal forest development in this region commenced by 10,000 yr B.P. Over most of Russia, forest advanced to or near the current arctic coastline between 9000 and 7000 yr B.P. and retreated to its present position by between 4000 and 3000 yr B.P. Forest establishment and retreat was roughly synchronous across most of northern Russia. Treeline advance on the Kola…
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