Western Siberia, a review of Holocene climatic changes

Abstract

This article generalizes published palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic data based on pollen and other proxy data for Holocene of Western Siberia and describes the most significant palaeoreconstructions and hypothesis in explanation of past climatic changes in Western Siberia, although it does not pretend on overall review of all palaeopalynological data available for this region.

Keywords

• siberia
• pollen analyses
• palaeovegetation
• palaeoclimate