Terrestrial deposits in western Siberia, the ages of which correspond to the interval of MIS-5, have been well studied using palaeobotanical methods. However, because of the small number of isotope data, there is no possibility for identifying the palaeoclimatic events relevant to the substages within MIS-5. Therefore, the large numbers of palaeobotanical results have been underused for the purposes of climatic stratigraphy. 230Th–U dates produced during the past two decades have allowed the changes in vegetation during the first half of the Late Pleistocene to be determined. This has enabled a comparison with palaeoclimatic events reflected in the Greenland ice core, and the identification in western Siberia of the analogues of substages MIS-5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, and 5e as well as events 5e1, 5e2, 5e3, 5e4, and 5e5 within MIS-5e.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStrati 2013. First International Congress on Straigraphy. At the cutting edge of Stratigraphy. Springer. 2014.
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages965-968
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783319043647; 9783319043630
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Publication series

NameSpringer Geology
ISSN (Print)2197-9545
ISSN (Electronic)2197-9553

    Research areas

  • Th–U dating, Climatic stratigraphy, Palaeobotany, Western Siberia

    Scopus subject areas

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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