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Table of Contents - Special Paper 382

Cenozoic Climatic and Environmental Changes in Russia

Edited by: A. a. Velichko and V.P. Neechaev
Editors of the English-Language version: H.E. Wright Jr., A.A. Velichko, T.A. Blyakharchuk, and Olga Borisova


Summary 1

Introduction: The significance of paleodata in understanding global changes in climate and environment
Introduction 1
Paleobotanical Data 3
Reconstructions for the Cenozoic 3
  Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Spore-Pollen Spectra 3
    Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Spore-Pollen Spectra 3
    Taxon Indicators 3
    Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Fossil Floras 3
    Reconstruction for the Postglacial Epoch (Holocene) 4
    Zonal-Formation Method of Paleoclimatic Reconstruction for the Holocene 4
    Information-Statistical Method of Paleoclimatic Reconstruction of Palynological Data 4
Paleozoological Data 4
  Paleoteriological Data 4
  Paleomalacological Data 5
    Zoogeographical Methods 5
    Ecological Methods 5
    Geochemical Methods 6
    Methods of Magnesium Thermometry 6
Paleopedological Data 6
Lithological Data 7
  Laterite (Ferralite) Regolith (Bauxites) 7
  Kaolin Regolith 7
  Carboniferous Formations 7
  Red formations (Continental, Carbonate) 7
  Silicic Weathering Crusts 7
Paleocryogenic Data 7
  Large Polygonal Structures 8
  Small Polygonal-crack Formations 8
  Solifluctional Formations 8
  Astructural Plastic Deformation 8
Paleoglaciological Data 8
  Relief 9
  Sediments 9

Chapter 2. The arctic regions